The art of invigorating and prolonging life, by food, clothes, air, exercise, wine, sleep, &c., or, The invalid's oracle : containing peptic precepts, pointing out agreeable and effectual methods to prevent and relieve indigestion, and to regulate and strengthen the action of the stomach and bowels ... : to which is added, the pleasure of making a will ... / by William Kitchiner.

  • Kitchiner, William, 1775?-1827.
Date:
1828
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Credit: The art of invigorating and prolonging life, by food, clothes, air, exercise, wine, sleep, &c., or, The invalid's oracle : containing peptic precepts, pointing out agreeable and effectual methods to prevent and relieve indigestion, and to regulate and strengthen the action of the stomach and bowels ... : to which is added, the pleasure of making a will ... / by William Kitchiner. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine, through the Medical Heritage Library. The original may be consulted at the Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine, Harvard Medical School.

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    tatory nerves are in good humour, Hunger and Savoury Viands v^^ill sometimes seduce the Tongue of a *^ Grand Gourmand'^ to betray the interest of his Stomach^ in spite of his Brains. '* The veriest Hermit in ttie nation May yield, Heaven knows, to strong temptation. On such an unfortunate occasion,—vehether the intestinal commotion be excited by having eaten too much, or too strong food—lie down— have your Tea early after Dinner—^and drink it v^arm. This is a hint to help the Invalid, v^hose digestion is so delicate, that it is sometimes disordered by a meal of the strictest Temper- ance. *' At those Orgies of Gorgeous Gluttony that we hear of, there should always be at hand an Urn full of Warm Water.—Dr. Beddoes' Hygeia, Essay V. p. 43. If the anxiety, &c. about the Stomach does not speedily abate, apply the '* Stomach * The human stomach is capable, in the adult, of containing about three quarts of water.—Blumenbach's Physiology, ^,1^5.