Remarks on the disorders of literary men, or, An inquiry into the means of preventing the evils usually incident to sedentary and studious habits.

Date:
1825
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    resisted all the remedies the most skilful physicians could recommend. He was ad- vised to give up his books,—but even per- suasion was in vain. At length he became completely emaciated and enfeebled, that so little hopes were entertained of his recovery. His friends all execrated those habits of study which had brought him into this deplorable condition, and the world talked so much of his making himself a victim of industry and perseverance, that he was at last persuaded to relinquish his pursuits, and all idea of tak- ing a degree. But the high hopes of all were disappointed, for he grew no better under the indolent regimen. At last he determined to leave off snuff-taking, and, as by enchantment, his diarrhoea ceased, his appetite returned, and he soon recovered that flush of health for which he had been formerly distinguished. He now returned to his books with more zeal than ever, and found no inconvenience in his midnight lamp, so he but breathed the at- mosphere of his chamber unadulterated by the poisonous perfume of tobacco. Though it is not to the same pernicious and disgusting 1*