A manual on beauty and health : containing useful remarks on the proper treatment of the human system, so as to secure health and beauty : with several valuable miscellaneous receipts : to which is added Dr. Gregory's Legacy to his daughters, and A picture of the female character as it ought to appear when formed, by George Horne : the whole forming an excellent consulting companion / by a friend to humanity.

  • Horne, George.
Date:
1848
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: A manual on beauty and health : containing useful remarks on the proper treatment of the human system, so as to secure health and beauty : with several valuable miscellaneous receipts : to which is added Dr. Gregory's Legacy to his daughters, and A picture of the female character as it ought to appear when formed, by George Horne : the whole forming an excellent consulting companion / by a friend to humanity. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the National Library of Medicine (U.S.), through the Medical Heritage Library. The original may be consulted at the National Library of Medicine (U.S.)

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    PREFACE. The ravages daily and hourly com milted on the health, the beauty, and consequently on the happi- ness of thousands, through ignorance and neglect, ia a subject of a mournful character, that seems to de- mand the serious attention of every person desirous to alleviate suffering humanity from the pains and de- formities inflicted upon it by imprudence, extravagance and carelessness; all three of which, with their num- erous associates, ruthlessly rob vast numbers of the human family of the only enjoyment of earthly exist- ence— Health; not only among untutored savages, so called, but among civilized nations, where as yet, a- bundance of ignorance exists, not only as it regards the structure of the human system jrenerally, but likewise, the kind of treatment each part requires in order to secure its proper developement. To furnish some practical bins on this subject is the object of this Manual, which contains some observa- tions as to health and beauty, which if attended to, will be found advantageous.