Health : (noun)
1: a healthy state of wellbeing free from disease; "physicians
should be held responsible for the health of their
patients" [syn: wellness] [ant: illness, illness]
2: the general condition of body and mind; "his delicate
health"; "in poor health"
Based on WordNet 2.0
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Health : \Health\, n. [OE. helthe, AS. h?lp, fr. h[=a]l hale,
sound, whole. See Whole.]
1. The state of being hale, sound, or whole, in body, mind,
or soul; especially, the state of being free from physical
disease or pain.
There is no health in us. --Book of
Common Prayer.
Though health may be enjoyed without gratitude, it
can not be sported with without loss, or regained by
courage. --Buckminster.
2. A wish of health and happiness, as in pledging a person in
a toast. ``Come, love and health to all.'' --Shak.
Bill of health. See under Bill.
Health lift, a machine for exercise, so arranged that a
person lifts an increasing weight, or moves a spring of
increasing tension, in such a manner that most of the
muscles of the body are brought into gradual action; --
also called lifting machine.
Health officer, one charged with the enforcement of the
sanitary laws of a port or other place.
To drink a health. See under Drink.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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HEALTH. Freedom from pain or sickness; the most perfect state of animal
life. It may be defined, the natural agreement and concordant dispositions
of the parts of the living body.
2. PublicHealth : is an object of the utmost importance and has
attracted the attention of the national and state legislatures.
3. By the act of Congress of the 25th of February, 1799, 1 Story's L.
U. S. 564, it is enacted: 1. That the quarantines and other restraints,
which shall be established by the laws of any state, respecting any vessels
arriving in or bound to any port or district thereof, whether coming from a
foreign port or some other part of the United States, shall be observed and
enforced by all officers of the United States, in such place. Sect. 1. 2. In
times of contagion the collectors of the revenue may remove, under the
provisions of the act, into another district. Sect. 4. 3. The judge of any
district court may, when a contagious disorder prevails in his district,
cause the removal of persons confined in prison under the laws of the United
States, into another district. Sect. 5. 4. In case of the prevalence of a
contagious disease at the seat of government, the president of the United
States may direct the removal of any or all public offices to a place of
safety. Sect. 6. 5. In case of such contagious disease, at the seat of
government, the chief justice, or in case of his death or inability, the
senior associate justice of the supreme court of the United States, may
issue his warrant to the marshal of the district court within which the
supreme court is by law to be holden, directing him to adjourn the said
session of the said court to such other place within the same or adjoining
district as he may deem convenient. And the district judges may, under the
same circumstances, have the same power to adjourn to some other part of
their several districts. Sect. 7.
3. Offences against the provisions of the health laws are generally
punished by fine and imprisonment. These are offences against public health,
punishable by the common law by fine and imprisonment, such for example, as
selling unwholesome provisions. 4 Bl. Com. 162; 2 East's P. C. 822; 6 East,
R.133 to 141; 3 M. & S. 10; 4 Campb. R. 10.
4. Private injuries affecting a man's health arise upon a breach of
contract, express or implied; or in consequence of some tortious act
unconnected with a contract.
5.-1. Those injuries to health which arise upon contract are, 1st.
The misconduct of medical men, when, through neglect, ignorance, or wanton
experiments, they injure their patients. 1 Saund. 312, n. 2. 2d. By the sale
of unwholesome food; though the law does not consider a sale to be a
warranty as to the goodness or quality of a personal chattel, it is
otherwise with regard to food and liquors. 1 Rolle's Ab. 90, pl. 1, 2.
6.-2. Those injuries which affect a man's health, and which arise
from tortious acts unconnected with contracts, are, 1st. Private nuisances.
2d. Public nuisances. 3d. Breaking quarantine. 4th. By sudden alarms, and
frightening; as by raising a pretended ghost. 4 Bl. Com. 197, 201, note 25;
1 Hale, 429; Smith's Forens. Med. 37 to 39; 1 Paris & Fonbl. 351, 352. For
private injuries affecting his health a man may generally have an action on
the case.
Based on Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) [Bouvier_Law_Dictionary]:
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Health : Health: It may seem ridiculous to define "health" when we all know what it is. Or do we? The definition of health by the World Health Organization (WHO), also known as l'Organisation Mondiale
de la Sante (OMS), is as follows:
"Health is a state of complete physical, mental, and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity."
Health for All
In 1977, the World Health Assembly decided that the major social goal of governments and WHO should be the attainment by all people of the world by the year 2000 of a level of health that would
permit them to lead a socially and economically productive life.
In 1981, the Assembly unanimously adopted a Global Strategy for Health for All by the Year 2000. This was the birth of the "Health for All" movement.
"Health for All" does not mean an end to disease and disability, or that doctors and nurses will care for everyone. It means that resources for health are evenly distributed and that essential
health care is accessible to everyone. It means that health begins at home, in schools, and at the workplace, and that people use better approaches for preventing illness and alleviating unavoidable
disease and disability.
It means that people recognize that ill-health is not inevitable and that they can shape their own lives and the lives of their families, free from the avoidable burden of disease.
In 1994, WHO's Member States, in recalling the goal, acknowledged that significant global changes had occurred since that time, and called for a renewal of the strategy to meet challenges, exploit
opportunities, and overcome obstacles at the dawn of the 21st century.
Based on Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) [Bouvier_Law_Dictionary]:
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