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George Cheyne. Mezzotint by J. Faber, junior, 1732, after J. van Diest.

George Cheyne. Line engraving by J. Tookey, 1787, after J. van Diest.

An essay on sickness and health ... in which Dr. Cheyne's mistaken opinions in his late essay, are occasionally taken notice of / [Edward Strother].

The long view : fat, food and fads.

Gli aforismi gerontologici di George Cheyne / F. Bazzi, G. Trigiani.

A letter to Dr. Cheyne : containing an account of the motion of water through orifices and pipes; and an answer to Dr. Morgan's remarks on Dr. Robinson's Treatise of the animal oeconomy.

Eene proeve om gezond en lang te leven ... / Uyt het Engelsch vertaalt, doorgaans vermeerdert, in beter orde gebragt, en met een bladwyzer verrykt door Jan de Witt.

An essay of health and long life / By George Cheyne.

An essay on the gout, with an account of the nature and qualities of the Bath waters ... / [George Cheyne].

A new theory of acute and slow continu'd fevers; wherein, besides their appearances and manner of cure, occasionally, the structure of the glands, and the manner and laws of secretion, the operation of purgative, vomitive, and mercurial medicines, are mechanically explain'd. Together with an application of the same theory to hectick fevers: and an essay concerning the improvements of the theory of medicine / [By G.C].

A letter to Dr. Cheyne occasioned by Dr. Robinson's Letter to him, in defence of his [Robinson's] Treatise of the animal oeconomy, against Dr. Morgan's objections in his Mechanical practice / [Thomas Morgan].

Essai sur la santé et sur les moyens de prolonger la vie / Traduit de l'anglois de M. Cheyne par M.***.

A new treatise on liquors: wherein the use and cause of wine, malt-drinks, water, etc. are particulary consider'd in many diseases, constitutions, and ages. the whole being a full determination of all that hath lately publish's on those subjects: tho' chiefly contrary to the opinions of Dr. Cheyne , Dr. Rouse, Dr. Short, Lommius, Van der Heyden, Dr. Hancocke, Mr. Smith, and others / [James Sedgwick].

L'art de conserver la santé des personnes valétudinaires, et de leur prolonger la vie / Traduit du latin ... avec des remarques intéressantes, et un abrégé des propriétés des alimens.

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Cheyne, George, 1671 or 1672-1743

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A letter to Dr. Cheyne occasioned by Dr. Robinson's Letter to him, in defence of his [Robinson's] Treatise of the animal oeconomy, against Dr. Morgan's objections in his Mechanical practice / [Thomas Morgan].

Essai sur la santé et sur les moyens de prolonger la vie / Traduit de l'anglois de M. Cheyne par M.***.

An essay of health and long life / By George Cheyne.

L'art de conserver la santé des personnes valétudinaires, et de leur prolonger la vie / Traduit du latin ... avec des remarques intéressantes, et un abrégé des propriétés des alimens.