On tendency to disease of body and mind in refined life, and the general principles of cure / by Leonard Stewart.

Date:
1828
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Credit: On tendency to disease of body and mind in refined life, and the general principles of cure / by Leonard Stewart. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh. The original may be consulted at the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh.

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    intend gradually to restore the sup- pleness and elasticity of the over- strained faculties; but can never be considered as a proper condition for those capable of being made healthy and active. It is a matter of common observa- tion, that many sources of pleasure and profit, whence some have derived the greatest benefit, are not useful upon any one unvaried principle. Gardening, sporting, travelling,* must employ, or they do not even please, * We crossed the plain at sunrise ; and the fresh air of the morning was extremely agreeable. There is nothing which so much compensates for the miseries of travelling in the Arabian deserts, as the pleasure of enjoying, every morning, the sublime spectacle of the break of day, and of the rising of the sun, which is always accompanied, even in the hottest season, with a refreshing breeze. It was an invariable custom with me, at setting out early in the morning, to walk on foot, for a few hours in advance of the caravan ; and as pleasures are com-