Dyspepsy forestalled and resisted, or, Lectures on diet, regimen, and employment : delivered to the students of Amherst College, spring term, 1830 / by Edward Hitchcock.

  • Hitchcock, Edward, 1793-1864.
Date:
1831
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Credit: Dyspepsy forestalled and resisted, or, Lectures on diet, regimen, and employment : delivered to the students of Amherst College, spring term, 1830 / by Edward Hitchcock. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    jcct,was yet fresh. Circumstances of a private andpersonal nature, conspired also, to urge on this publication thus rapidly. The writer is aware, that such a course has rendered attention to literary niceties more difficult than would be desirable. For the whole business of wri- ting, delivering-, and printing these Lectures, has been crowded into the space of a few months ; and this too, in addition to ordinary pro- fessional duties in College. He hopes, however, that though the style may need correction, the meaning will be found clear and definite—a point that has been kept steadily in view. The author presumes that these considerations will afford little, or no apology, for errors, in the view of the professed critic. To such, and to .-til others, into whose hands this volume may fall, lie would say, in the words of a distinguished dietetic writer of early times, in his preface to an Essay on Health and Long Life :— I know not what may be the fate and success of this performance; nor am I solicitous about it, be- ing conscious the design was honest, the subject weighty, and the ex- ecution the best my time, my abilities, and my health would permit, which cannot bear the labor of much filing and finishing. Being care- ful not to encroach on the province of the physician, I have concealed nothing, my knowledge could suggest, to direct the sufferer, in the best manner I could, to preserve his health, and lengthen out his life : and I have held out no false lights to lead him astray, or torment him unne- ■ ily. The reader will perceive, that the fourth Lecture is the same, with a few slight additions, as a Prize Essay recently published under the di- rection of the American Temperance Society. Let him not hence infer, that that Society are acquainted with the sentiments advanced in the other Lectures, and approve of them. For this is not the case : no member of that Society having been consulted, as to any of the opinions advanced. The writer is alone responsible for those opinions ; and to him alone belongs the credit, if they arc correct, or on him must fall the blame, if they are erroneous. Amherst College, May 6th, 1830. Since the above was in type, the following communication has been received from the students of Amherst College. And while I take this opportunity to thank them for their favorable reception of the following Lectures, I am happy in being able thus early to comply with their request. To Prof. E. Hitchcock, Sir,—The members of the College, through the medium of the under- signed as their Committee, acknowledge their obligations to you for your interesting and instructive Lectures on the subject of Health. By giving them a permanent form, your wishes for the welfare of the stu- dents, it is believed, will be best accomplished, and at the same time, important information be placed within the reach of others. We are instructed, therefore, to request, in the name of the students, that the arses in question may be printed. HACKETT PETER PARKER. LYMAN GIBBONS. Amherst College, May 7th, 1830. H. D. HUMPHREY. 1*