The catechism of health / selected from the German of Dr. Faust and considerably improved by Dr. Gregory, of Edinburgh ; published for the use of the citizens of the United States : at the recommendation of Dr. Rush, of Philadelphia ; and Dr. Williamson, of North-Carolina, now residing in New-York, &c.

  • Faust, Bernhard Christoph, 1755-1842.
Date:
1798
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Credit: The catechism of health / selected from the German of Dr. Faust and considerably improved by Dr. Gregory, of Edinburgh ; published for the use of the citizens of the United States : at the recommendation of Dr. Rush, of Philadelphia ; and Dr. Williamson, of North-Carolina, now residing in New-York, &c. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    to cool regimen : And as to ftrong liquor, not abftaining from it altogether, (as certainly would be bed,) but only getting drunk with ale or porter, inflead of whifky and gin, which are abfolute ruin to them in mind, body, and eftate. The form of Catechifm by no means does juftice to the flrong good fenfe, the found morality, and the rational piety of Dr. Faust: Nor can it make that ftrong and pleafmg impref- fion, which claflical compofition would do, on readers of a cultivated tafle: But his fentiments need not the aid of ornament: And the form of Catechifm, and his frequent, and feemingly needlefs, repetitions are probably well fuited to the ftate and habits of thofe for whofe ufe chiefly his work is defigned. They will tend