Chapter 18

CONSIDERATION OF GENERAL AND SPECIAL HYGIENE AND RELATED SUBJECTS.

Hygienic as related to physiological principles--Hygiene in the widest sense--Unfavorable conditions in the public life of an artist--Qualifications for success--Technique and a public career--The isolation of the artist and its dangers--The need for greater preparation now than ever--Choral singing and its possible dangers--The tendencies of the Wagner music-drama--Special faults, as the "scoop," "_vibrato_," "_tremolo_," "pumping"--Desirability of consultations by teachers of the use of the voice--Things the voice-user should avoid--Mouth-toilets--Lozenges--The sipping of water--What one should and should not eat--Tea and Coffee--The whole subject of congestion from compression, straining, etc., of the utmost importance--A sore throat when frequent should give rise to inquiry as to methods--Constipation--Exercise--Bathing 251