The art of invigorating and prolonging life : by food, clothes, air, exercise, wine, sleep &c. and 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 ; suaviter in modo, fortiter in re : to which is added, the pleasure of making a will ; finis coronat opus / by the author of "The cook's oracle," &c. &c. &c. ; from the third London edition.

  • Kitchiner, William, 1775?-1827.
Date:
1823
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Credit: The art of invigorating and prolonging life : by food, clothes, air, exercise, wine, sleep &c. and 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 ; suaviter in modo, fortiter in re : to which is added, the pleasure of making a will ; finis coronat opus / by the author of "The cook's oracle," &c. &c. &c. ; from the third London edition. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Somewhat such a system is followed at the fashionahle watering- places—and great would be the improvement of Health that would result from it,—if it was not continual- ly counteracted, by visits to the Ball Room* and the Card fable. A residence in the country will avail little, if )rou car- ry with you there, the irregular habits, and late hours of fashionable Life. Do not expect much benefit from mere change of Air— the purest breezes of the country will produce very lit- tle effect, unless accompanied by plenty of regular Exer- cise]-—Temperance—and above all, Tranquillity of Mind.— See Obs. on Air and Exercise. The following is a brief sketch of the usual Method of Training Persons for Athletic Exercises. The Alimentary CanalJ is cleansed by an Emetic and then two or three Purgatives.—See Index. tion which tends to activity, such as cricket, bowls, throwing quoits, &c. that during the whole day, both body and mind may be constantly occupied.—Capt. Barclay on Training p. 231. The nature of the disposition of the person training should al- so be known, that every cause of irritation may be avoided ; for, as it requires great patience and perseverance to undergo training, every expedient to soothe and encourage the mind should be ad- opted—Capt. Barclay on Training, p. 237. *Forty years ago Balls, &c. used to begin in the evening, i. e. at seven, and end at night, i. e. twelve; now it is extremely un- genteel to begin before Midnight or finish till the Morning. f'The Studious the Contemplative, the Valetudinary, and those of weak nerves—if they aim at Health and Long Life, must make Exercise in a good air, a part of their Religion.—Cheyne on Long Life, p. 98. Whenever circumstances would permit, I have recommended patients to take as much exercise as they could, short of produ- cing fatigue; to live much in the open air; and, if possible, not to suffer their minds to be agitated by anxiety or fatigued by exer- tion.—p. 90 I do not allow the state of the weather to be urged as an ob- jection to the prosecution of measures so essential to Health, since it is in the power of every one to protect themselves from cold by clothing, and the exercise may be taken in a chamber with the windows thrown open, by actively walking backwards and for- wards, as sailors do on slap board.—p. 93. See Abernethy's Surgical Observations, !8l7. ^One of the invariable consequences of training is to increase the solidity, and diminish the frequency of the alvine exoneration,