Medicina gerocomica: or, the Galenic art of preserving old men's healths ... To which is added an appendix, concerning the use of oyls and unction, in the prevention and cure of some diseases. As also a method ... of curing convulsions and epilepsies, by external operation / [Sir John Floyer].

  • John Floyer
Date:
1725
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Credit: Medicina gerocomica: or, the Galenic art of preserving old men's healths ... To which is added an appendix, concerning the use of oyls and unction, in the prevention and cure of some diseases. As also a method ... of curing convulsions and epilepsies, by external operation / [Sir John Floyer]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    6. The Cephalic Regimen againft the Irregularity of the Motions of the Spirits in Hypochondriacs, and Hyfterics, and Con- vulfions, Vertigo. 7. The binding Regimen againft all Fluxes of Serum, or Haemorrhages. 8. The vulnerary Diet and Regimen againfts Ulcers of the Kidneys or Lungs. 9. The Diet and Regimen againft the Lepra, Herpes, Itch. 1 o. The Regimen in the AJlhma. Plato by this Temperance fpunout Life to Fourfcore Years, and Galen to above Sevenfcore Years; and Seneca concludes, that there is no way to retard old Age like a frugal Sobriety. Prov. 10. v. 27. The Fear of the Lord prolongeth Days, but the Tears of the Wicked fhall be fhortned: He that fear- eth God, and rvalketh in his Ways, fhall fee his Childrens Children, Pfal. 128. Thus we find that Piety and Sobriety are the beft Prefervers of our Lives. Galen advifes So¬ briety, Temperance, Tranquility. Hippo¬ crates lived to 90 Years, and his chief Art of preferving Health, was to eat moderately, and to ufe due Exercife. CHAP.