An essay of health and long life / By George Cheyne.

  • Cheyne, George, 1671 or 1672-1743.
Date:
1725
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Credit: An essay of health and long life / By George Cheyne. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    h* People that read and write much9 ought to do them [landing, or in as erect a Pofture as they can. And thofe who can go about any Part of their Studies walking, fhould do it. 9. The Fat, unwieldy and overgrown, ought to avoid all manner of Drink, ftrong and fmall, and even Water itfelf^ as much as poffible, And if their Food ^0 Vegetables and young Animals, they will have little Occasion for any Liquor. 10. The Aged fhould (1) carefully guard againft all the Injuries of the We a- x ther; and (2) leffen the Quantity, and lower the Quality of their Food gra¬ dually^ as they grow older; even before a manifeft Decay of Appetite force them to it. 11. As chronical Difeafes are not hi ought on a!l at once; fo they cannot be quickly removed. A gradual Cor¬ ruption, muft be gradually remedied ’Tis contrary to the Nature of chro¬ nical Difeafes to be quickly cured. 12. In