The Code of Health and Longevity: Or, A General View of the Rules and Principles Calculated for the Preservation of Health, and the Attainment of Long LifeM'Millan, 1818 - 90 pagini |
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... proportion of bodily strength , and reaches a high degree of intellec- tual capacity : but , after possessing these facul- ties for some time , his strength at length decays , his sagacity diminishes , his body loses its vigour , the ...
... proportion of bodily strength , and reaches a high degree of intellec- tual capacity : but , after possessing these facul- ties for some time , his strength at length decays , his sagacity diminishes , his body loses its vigour , the ...
Pagina 5
... proportion to the numbers born , attained any considerable age , even in the healthiest districts . But , above all , it was a matter of regret to him to find , ( and the longer he lived , he felt it more forcibly ) , that even while ...
... proportion to the numbers born , attained any considerable age , even in the healthiest districts . But , above all , it was a matter of regret to him to find , ( and the longer he lived , he felt it more forcibly ) , that even while ...
Pagina 25
... proportion ; and when unwholesome gases , are combined with it , disease always , and often death , ensues . Fresh air , therefore , is found as necessary for man , as clear water is to fishes ; and thence the choice of good air , is ...
... proportion ; and when unwholesome gases , are combined with it , disease always , and often death , ensues . Fresh air , therefore , is found as necessary for man , as clear water is to fishes ; and thence the choice of good air , is ...
Pagina 26
... proportion of its usual substances : Oxygen Azote Total 27 73 100 The history of this extraordinary event is very ably given by Dr. Thorn- ton . Philosophy of Medicine , vol . i . p 325 . + See Beddoes's Introductory Lecture , p . 76 ...
... proportion of its usual substances : Oxygen Azote Total 27 73 100 The history of this extraordinary event is very ably given by Dr. Thorn- ton . Philosophy of Medicine , vol . i . p 325 . + See Beddoes's Introductory Lecture , p . 76 ...
Pagina 27
... proportion was less fit for respiration than before , be- sides having a considerable quantity of carbonic acid accu- mulated in it * . When , from any cause , air is suffered to become foul and noxious , it weakens the springs of life ...
... proportion was less fit for respiration than before , be- sides having a considerable quantity of carbonic acid accu- mulated in it * . When , from any cause , air is suffered to become foul and noxious , it weakens the springs of life ...
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2d edit acid Adair's Medical Cautions advantages ancient animal food apoplexy attention barley bath blood body boiled bread calculated celebrated Celsus certainly chyle circulation circumstances climates clothing Code of Health complaints condiment consequence considered costiveness cure Diet and Regimen digestion dinner disease disorders drachms dress drink effects especially Essay exer exercise favourable fermented fever flannel flatulent fluids frequently gout Gymnastics habit head heat Hence Hippocrates human Hygeia injurious labour liquid live Lord Bacon malt liquor meal means meat medicine milk mind mode moderate muriatic acid nature necessary neral never nourishment observed occasion particular persons perspiration physician preserve prevent promote proper proportion quantity recommended regard remarked remedy rendered rheumatism rules salt Scotland seasons SECT skin sleep solid food sorts spirits stomach strength substances taken tion Valangin various vegetable weak weather whole wholesome wine
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Pagina 11 - Though I look old, yet I am strong and lusty: For in my youth I never did apply Hot and rebellious liquors in my blood; Nor did not with unbashful forehead woo The means of weakness and debility; Therefore my age is as a lusty winter, Frosty, but kindly: let me go with you; I'll do the service of a younger man In all your business and necessities.
Pagina 97 - I endeavoured to convince him, that the bodily strength furnished by the beer could only be in proportion to the solid part of the barley dissolved in the water of which the beer was composed ; that there was a larger portion of flour in a penny loaf, and that, consequently, if he ate this loaf, and drank a pint of water with it, he would derive more strength from it than from a pint of beer.
Pagina 320 - ... get out of bed, beat up and turn your pillow, shake the bed-clothes well, with at least twenty shakes, then throw the bed open, and leave it to cool; in the meanwhile...
Pagina 102 - ... of the essence of spruce, stirring the whole well together ; add half a pint of yeast, and keep it in a temperate situation, with the bunghole open, for two days, till the fermentation be abated.
Pagina 401 - In the earlieft ages, we are informed that human life was protracted to a very extraordinary length ; yet how few perfons, in...
Pagina 252 - The first physicians by debauch were made ; Excess began, and sloth sustains the trade. By chase our long-lived fathers earned their food ; Toil strung the nerves, and purified the blood ; But we their sons, a pamper'd race of men, Are dwindled down to threescore years and ten. Better to hunt in fields for health unbought Than fee the doctor for a nauseous draught. The wise for cure on exercise depend : God never made His work for man to mend.
Pagina 98 - It is,he says, the natural drink of an Englishman ; but beer, on the other hand, which is made of malt, hops, and water, is the natural drink of a Dutchman, and of late is much used in England, to the great detriment of many Englishmen.
Pagina 10 - I beseech all persons, who shall read this work, not to degrade themselves to a level with the brutes, or the rabble, by gratifying their sloth, or eating and drinking promiscuously whatever pleases their palates, or by indulging their appetites of every kind. But whether they understand physic or not, let them consult their reason, and observe what agrees and what does not agree with them, that, like wise men, they may adhere to the use of such things as conduce to their health, and forbear everything...
Pagina 556 - His complexion is not too florid : at any rate, too much ruddiness in youth is seldom a sign of longevity. His hair approaches rather to the fair than the black ; his skin is strong, but not rough. His head is not too big ; he has large veins at the extremities, and his shoulders are rather round than flat.
Pagina 43 - You have lived longer than other men, what have you done more than other men ?' He replied, ' I did penance when I was an hundred years old.