The oeconomy of health, or, A medical essay : containing new and familiar instructions for the attainment of health, happiness and longevity, in which the nature of the human mind is accurately investigated, and its union and connexion with the body systematically explained / by Andrew Harper.

  • Harper, Andrew, -1790.
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[1789]
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Credit: The oeconomy of health, or, A medical essay : containing new and familiar instructions for the attainment of health, happiness and longevity, in which the nature of the human mind is accurately investigated, and its union and connexion with the body systematically explained / by Andrew Harper. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The Royal College of Surgeons of England. The original may be consulted at The Royal College of Surgeons of England.

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    ous Vapours, the Breath of. Animals, and fuchlike , is moil unwholefome. In Afthmas, Confumptions, and Nervous Complaints, the Temperature of the Air is a material Confideration, and of great Im- portance. A light, dry, and warm Air is beft for weak, and dileafed Lungs, and a dry and cold, or temperate Air is fittell for relaxed, and nervous People. The Benefit of Cl3iing:e of_Air is known to every Body, and many People find, by Experience, that a Change even to a more indiff^erent Air is fometimes attended with Advantage. The Reafon of which is ma- nifeft from what has been already fa id con- . cerning the Qualities and Effects of Air. The Changes of Air ought not, in any Cafe, to be too fudden, or too much in the extreme; the more gradual they are, the lefs Danger is incurred. In all Fevers, but efpecially thofe of the putrid Kind, Ventilation, or the Admifiion of