Health without physic, or, Cordials for youth, manhood, and old age : including maxims, moral and facetious; for the prevention of disease, and the attainment of a long and vigorous life / by an old physician [pseud.].

  • Alcott, William A. (William Andrus), 1798-1859.
Date:
1830
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    SECTION XVIII. Page LONGEVITY OF THE ANCIENTS AND MODERNS COM- PARED - - - - - - _ -110 Instances of long life, calculated from Jewish his- tory - 112 —— among the Greeks - - - 113 the Romans - - - 114 Ulpian's bills of mortality - - - - 116 Different states and conditions of men - - 117 Schoolmasters remarkable for long life, philosopers, &c. &c. — — — — icll Extraordinary instances of longevity - - 119 Among farmers, gardeners, ■ labouring men, soldiers ------ id. Henry Jenkins—Thomas Parr - - - id. Remarks on old Parr's inside, opened by Dr. Harvey id. Drakenburg, the Dane - - - _ - 120 • curious account of id. Instances of longevity in - 124 The East Indies, Prussia, France, Spain, Scotland, Greece, Ethiopia, Hungary, Russia, England - 127 SECTION XIX. CURIOUS REMARKS ON THE PROBABLE CAUSES OF LONGEVITY. - 128 I- —Descent from long-lived ancestors - - id. , II- —Temperance in eating and drinking - id. HI-—The moderate use of the understanding - 129 IV. —Equanimity of temper - - - - 130 V. —Matrimony - - - - - - ]3l VI. —Sedentary ocupations - id. Dr. Franklin, his age, family, anecdote of, &c. - 132