The Code of Health and Longevity: Or, A General View of the Rules and Principles Calculated for the Preservation of Health, and the Attainment of Long LifeM'Millan, 1818 - 90 páginas |
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... sometimes tainted by contagious effluvia . Besides atmospheric air , several elastic fluids have been discovered by modern chemists . The nature and properties of these fluids , and the attempts which have been made to prevent , or to ...
... sometimes tainted by contagious effluvia . Besides atmospheric air , several elastic fluids have been discovered by modern chemists . The nature and properties of these fluids , and the attempts which have been made to prevent , or to ...
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... sometimes so violently affected , as to throw up blood , by the straining which the rarity of the atmosphere occasions . A certain portion of the pressure of the at- See the description of the Harmatan and the Sirocco , in Gregory's Eco ...
... sometimes so violently affected , as to throw up blood , by the straining which the rarity of the atmosphere occasions . A certain portion of the pressure of the at- See the description of the Harmatan and the Sirocco , in Gregory's Eco ...
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... sometimes en- tirely removed , by the admission of cool air ; and the slum- bers of the invalid become less interrupted , and much more refreshing . To such as labour under catarrhal coughs , which often terminate in consumption ; to ...
... sometimes en- tirely removed , by the admission of cool air ; and the slum- bers of the invalid become less interrupted , and much more refreshing . To such as labour under catarrhal coughs , which often terminate in consumption ; to ...
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... sometimes in a putrid state . Such water ought to be improved by boiling and filtration . 10. Pond - water , & c . - From the want of springs , lakes , or rivers , the inhabitants of some countries are often under the necessity of ...
... sometimes in a putrid state . Such water ought to be improved by boiling and filtration . 10. Pond - water , & c . - From the want of springs , lakes , or rivers , the inhabitants of some countries are often under the necessity of ...
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... sometimes mixed with sugar and magnesia ; and the boiled with oatmeal , or veal broth . It is thus made ; they put the milk , when fresh drawn , into a barrel or wooden vessel , which is submitted to a certain degree of heat , generally ...
... sometimes mixed with sugar and magnesia ; and the boiled with oatmeal , or veal broth . It is thus made ; they put the milk , when fresh drawn , into a barrel or wooden vessel , which is submitted to a certain degree of heat , generally ...
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Página 11 - Though I look old, yet I am strong and lusty: For in my youth I never did apply Hot and rebellious liquors in my blood; Nor did not with unbashful forehead woo The means of weakness and debility; Therefore my age is as a lusty winter, Frosty, but kindly: let me go with you; I'll do the service of a younger man In all your business and necessities.
Página 97 - I endeavoured to convince him, that the bodily strength furnished by the beer could only be in proportion to the solid part of the barley dissolved in the water of which the beer was composed ; that there was a larger portion of flour in a penny loaf, and that, consequently, if he ate this loaf, and drank a pint of water with it, he would derive more strength from it than from a pint of beer.
Página 320 - ... get out of bed, beat up and turn your pillow, shake the bed-clothes well, with at least twenty shakes, then throw the bed open, and leave it to cool; in the meanwhile...
Página 102 - ... of the essence of spruce, stirring the whole well together ; add half a pint of yeast, and keep it in a temperate situation, with the bunghole open, for two days, till the fermentation be abated.
Página 401 - In the earlieft ages, we are informed that human life was protracted to a very extraordinary length ; yet how few perfons, in...
Página 252 - The first physicians by debauch were made ; Excess began, and sloth sustains the trade. By chase our long-lived fathers earned their food ; Toil strung the nerves, and purified the blood ; But we their sons, a pamper'd race of men, Are dwindled down to threescore years and ten. Better to hunt in fields for health unbought Than fee the doctor for a nauseous draught. The wise for cure on exercise depend : God never made His work for man to mend.
Página 98 - It is,he says, the natural drink of an Englishman ; but beer, on the other hand, which is made of malt, hops, and water, is the natural drink of a Dutchman, and of late is much used in England, to the great detriment of many Englishmen.
Página 10 - I beseech all persons, who shall read this work, not to degrade themselves to a level with the brutes, or the rabble, by gratifying their sloth, or eating and drinking promiscuously whatever pleases their palates, or by indulging their appetites of every kind. But whether they understand physic or not, let them consult their reason, and observe what agrees and what does not agree with them, that, like wise men, they may adhere to the use of such things as conduce to their health, and forbear everything...
Página 556 - His complexion is not too florid : at any rate, too much ruddiness in youth is seldom a sign of longevity. His hair approaches rather to the fair than the black ; his skin is strong, but not rough. His head is not too big ; he has large veins at the extremities, and his shoulders are rather round than flat.
Página 43 - You have lived longer than other men, what have you done more than other men ?' He replied, ' I did penance when I was an hundred years old.