{"id":10737,"date":"2017-01-05T11:00:47","date_gmt":"2017-01-05T16:00:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/?p=10737"},"modified":"2021-05-07T08:30:36","modified_gmt":"2021-05-07T12:30:36","slug":"the-road-to-health-and-happiness-1937","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/2017\/01\/05\/the-road-to-health-and-happiness-1937\/","title":{"rendered":"The Road to Health and Happiness, 1937"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Sarah Eilers ~
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The road to abundant life is not hard to follow and it is not expens<\/em>ive. So we are told in the opening frames of the 1937 silent film The Road to Health and Happiness<\/em><\/a>, produced by Salem, Oregon dentist and filmmaker David Bennett Hill. Mental as well as physical habits are key. Mentally, one should be guided by the church; physically, by vigorous outdoor activity.\u00a0Dr. Hill was a dentist, and a goodly portion of the film is devoted to dental care and orthodontia, once the basics of hygiene, exercise, nutrition, and spirituality have been addressed.<\/p>\n