Sermons to the rich and studious, on temperance and exercise. With a dedication to Dr. Cadogan / By a physician [i.e. B. Rush].

  • Rush, Benjamin, 1746-1813
Date:
1772
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Credit: Sermons to the rich and studious, on temperance and exercise. With a dedication to Dr. Cadogan / By a physician [i.e. B. Rush]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    ae ee (<4 £ for a while to the voice of inftruction. Ye feek health where it is not to be found. ‘The boafted fpecifics you have ~ been ufing, have no virtues. Even the perfons who gave them, labour under many of the diforders they attempt to cure. My name is Hyciaa. I pre- fide over the health of mankind. Dhif- card all your medicines, and feek relief from Temperance and Exercife alone. Every thing you fee is active around you, All the brute animals in nature are ative in their inftin@tive purfuits. Inanimate nature is active too: air—fire—and water--are always in motion. Unlefs this were the cafe, they would foon be unfit for the purpofes they were defigned to ferve in the ceconomy of nature, Shun floth. This unhinges al] the fprings of life—fAy from your difeafes —they will not—they cannot purfue you.” Here fhe ended—fhe dropped