A Purpose of this study is to provide Rousseau´s health theory and health education in 『Emile』. Though Rousseau was not so much a doctor as a philosopher, he was good at health care and health education. After he had thought over healthy children for 20 years, he had written 『Emile』 for 3 years. His health theory was included in the book.
He was aware of the importance of mother´s milk, clothes, and physical health. Especially, he told mothers to rear a child at the breast. He understood thoroughly the demerits of medicines, and made no account of doctors and medicines. But on the other had, He emphasized natural healing power in human body. He thought that one oneself was a physician. He thought highly of inner healing.
He thought that only hygiene of medicine was useful to mankind. He prescribed that hygiene was a kind of ethics education. Therefore, his hygiene was associated with mental health and moral evaluation. Because many years have passed, today we can not accept all his assertions. But we need to stress preventive medicines, spontaneous healing, and self-care in health education.
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