Rules for preserving the health of the aged, by means of air, clothing, diet, employment, the evacuations, &c. &c. And also hints for the alleviation and prevention of those disorders by which old age is usually assailed, without the aid of medicine / Translated from the French of J.A. Salgues.

  • Salgues, Jacques Alexandre.
Date:
1827
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Credit: Rules for preserving the health of the aged, by means of air, clothing, diet, employment, the evacuations, &c. &c. And also hints for the alleviation and prevention of those disorders by which old age is usually assailed, without the aid of medicine / Translated from the French of J.A. Salgues. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    suited him, in prolonging by his art to the most advanced age, a life which would otherwise have been comparatively short. Friction, deserves much attention from the old. It assists the play, of which the skin and muscles stand in need. In some cases, it is even a good substitute for that exercise, which cannot always be obtained. It is not only salutary to the old, who en- joy a good health; but it is also most re- quisite to the invalid. Celsus, and after him, Zecchius, used friction of the arms, thighs and legs, to restore the strength of a weakened stomach. Gentle friction is of great service to old persons, of a seden- tary habit, debilitated, full of humours, flatulent, or subject to irregular attacks of gout, in Autumn, Winter, and Spring, when the atmosphere is loaded with fog and damp. Friction of the belly is equally service- able in hypochondriasis, or to those who are troubled with abdominal obstructions.