The code of health and longevity, or, A general view of the rules and principles calculated for the preservation of health, and the attainment of long life / by Sir John Sinclair.

  • Sinclair John, Sir, 1754-1835.
Date:
1833
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    “ munication of your interesting thoughts upon this “ subject are augmented, by the advantage and infor- “ mation I have derived by perusing them.” He con- cludes with stating, “ I do not know, what will pro- “ bably be the arithmetical extension of your life ; but “ I am convinced, that in moral respect, and in lon- « gevity of action, you have already surpassed the “ greatest part of your contemporaries.” The Code of Health, was at first published, on a great scale, in four thick octavo volumes. The object was, to make the work, a kind of library to the medical profession, on the means of preserving health. But at the desire of many friends, the last editions have been restricted to one volume, by the adoption of which plan, the sale of the publication, and consequently its utility, have been greatly augmented. The first volume was in part translated into Ger- man by Dr Sprengel, one of the ablest physicians in Germany, who seemed rather annoyed that a foreigner, and particularly one not bred to medicine, should have written a work, which contained so much new infor- mation on his favourite pursuit. His translation was from the first edition, which was afterwards greatly improved ; but he admits, after extolling Dr Hufe- land’s treatise on health, “ That in the work of the “ Scottish Author, many subjects are considered in a “ new point of view, many new and remarkable facts “ are introduced, and an anxiety to attain complete- “ ness is perceived. To this may be added, an advan- “ tage peculiar to British authors, that of perspicuity, “ and exemption from the language of the schools.” On the whole, (he states), “ That the Author has com-