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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... the use of those who might be inclined to study the subject minutely ; and to such persons they form a sort of medical library respect- ing the matters therein discussed . ΤΟ THE FOURTH EDITION . " The con- THE favourite ADVERTISEMENT.
... the use of those who might be inclined to study the subject minutely ; and to such persons they form a sort of medical library respect- ing the matters therein discussed . ΤΟ THE FOURTH EDITION . " The con- THE favourite ADVERTISEMENT.
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... respect with the ancient Germans , as repre- sented by Tacitus ; and that even savages have their rules . It is justly observed , that " a life of firm health cannot reasonably " be expected , unless it be secured by attention or ...
... respect with the ancient Germans , as repre- sented by Tacitus ; and that even savages have their rules . It is justly observed , that " a life of firm health cannot reasonably " be expected , unless it be secured by attention or ...
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... respect * . SECT . V. Why Attention to Health is so often ineffectual . WHY an attention to health is so often of little avail , shall next be explained . 1. People seldom attend to their health till it be too latet . They never think ...
... respect * . SECT . V. Why Attention to Health is so often ineffectual . WHY an attention to health is so often of little avail , shall next be explained . 1. People seldom attend to their health till it be too latet . They never think ...
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... respecting these several articles , are not appli- cable to every situation , but must vary accord- ing to climate , constitution , temperament , the progress of life , & c .; and that the object of this publication is , merely to give ...
... respecting these several articles , are not appli- cable to every situation , but must vary accord- ing to climate , constitution , temperament , the progress of life , & c .; and that the object of this publication is , merely to give ...
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... respects , very different from that which is to be met with in the inland parts of the country . 1. Sea air is more humid , owing to the great quantity of vapour which is constantly arising from the surface of such an extent of water ...
... respects , very different from that which is to be met with in the inland parts of the country . 1. Sea air is more humid , owing to the great quantity of vapour which is constantly arising from the surface of such an extent of water ...
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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.