Practical observations on the preservation of health, and instructions for the prevention and cure of some of the most formidable of human maladies ... in which ... attention is directed ... particularly to ... the English diet drink ... / [Joshua Webster].

  • Webster, Joshua, 1709-1801.
Date:
1811
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Credit: Practical observations on the preservation of health, and instructions for the prevention and cure of some of the most formidable of human maladies ... in which ... attention is directed ... particularly to ... the English diet drink ... / [Joshua Webster]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    OF CONTENTS. T[wrropuction.—Errors in the preserit practice of Medicine—The study of simplicity and of Nature re- commended—Metals, minerals, and other drugs too often the allies of death—The Goddess of health to be sought in her native abode, the vegetable kingdom— Grand object in preparing the Enetish Dirt Da&ink— Last prayer of an old and zealous friend to the human ee ce an ‘Mee aha ks Ss, oid pia othe OssERvaATions. Apology for the frequent use of the first CTSON s% 22 0. cere ee The Author’s claims to public confidence, with a few stric- tures on metallic deceptions and physicalthraldom .. .. Objections on the ground of novelty refuted ............ Reasons for abandoning the high road of practice, and striking into the unfrequented paths of nature........ Impropriety of making the Faculty directors of the public secon eRe es Oe oe eree e8 ae Incitements to the present arduous undertaking........ Experience the cab ot truth, and mystery the cloak of ar- _ tifice and ignorance ....-+..+- Near approach of the Diet Drink to the great Borr- HAAVE’s idea of a general or universal remedy ........ Operation of yegetables and of metals and minerals con- essee eee se Be wees Be oe trasted. cc. eeee cers eres wre teneee es ss cite Ae S Oana Si The various causes of disease simplified, and the true stand- ard of health defined .. 2... eecece eevee Reco, ogee Safety, pleasantness, and efficacy of the Dirt Drink .... View of the nervous system, and of the organs of sense and: motion, with some important cautions respecting tea, spirituous liquors, intemperance, luxury, late hours, fa- shionable dissipation, irregular appetites, and vicions pro~ pensities... 6. cc cece cece eet ee tenet ee tree ee eee es General virtues of the Diet DRinK in correcting, puri- fving, and enriching the biped: and juices. « 34.5. cass; its curative powers not only safer, but more effectual than Mercury in a certain APGRARE Fi ho oat Laas Oke vw eee LS Pacis X1i—xxvilt