Volume 1

Medical inquiries and observations / by Benjamin Rush.

Date:
1805
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Medical inquiries and observations / by Benjamin Rush. 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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    the evening of their lives in the families of their children, where they have been surrounded by grand-children, than when they lived by them- selves. Even the solicitude they feel for the wel- fare of their descendants, contributes to invigorate the circulation of the blood, and thereby to add fuel to the lamp of life. IV. Gentle exercise. This is of great consequence in promoting the health of old people. It should be moderate, regular,- and always in faiF weather. V. Cleanliness. This should by no means be neglected. The dress of old people should not only be clean, but more elegant than in youth or middle life. It serves to divert the eye of specta- tors from observing the decay and deformity of the body, to view and admire that which is always agreeable to it. VI. To abate the pains of the chronic rheuma- tism, and the uneasiness of the old man’s cough (as it is called); also to remove wakefulness, and to restrain, during the night, a troublesome inclina- tion to make water, opium may be given with great advantage. Chardin informs us, that this medicine is frequently used in the eastern countries