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.

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[1785?]
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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 Physicians of Edinburgh. The original may be consulted at the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh.

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    [ 7* ] Difficulty to account for it, in a clear and rational Manner. Imitation is a very operative Faculty in the Animal Syftem. It is a natural and fpontaneous Adtion, whereby, without Volition, or even Conicioufaefs, one Per- fon imitates and refembles the Motions, Geftures, or Perceptions of another. Si- lence, fighing, coughing, Laughter, fpeak- ing, finging, walking and Credulity which communicate, and pafs from one Perfon to another, like Electricity, are obvious Proofs that Similitude, or the imitative Faculty, is one of the primary, leading Motions in the human Mind, and bring no fmall Evidence in Confirmation of what has been already faid on that fubjedv Stammering, and other bad Habits, and even Convulfions may be contracted from this Caufe. Which Confideration fuggefts a Caution lufficient to induce People to pay due Regard to fuch Companions and Ob- jects as are fuffered to have Intercourfe with