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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