Revelations of Egyptian mysteries : history of the Creation, the causes and the progress of the degeneration of nature, the conflagration and manner of the resurrection of the world, as allegorically represented by the Egyptian philosophy: showing the justice of the inculcations of the ancient Egyptian priests and wise men, teaching that salt was fatally hurtful to human nature : with a discourse on the maintenance and acquisition of health, on principles in accordance with the wisdom of the ancients / by Robert Howard.

  • Howard, Robert, approximately 1812-1854.
Date:
1850
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Credit: Revelations of Egyptian mysteries : history of the Creation, the causes and the progress of the degeneration of nature, the conflagration and manner of the resurrection of the world, as allegorically represented by the Egyptian philosophy: showing the justice of the inculcations of the ancient Egyptian priests and wise men, teaching that salt was fatally hurtful to human nature : with a discourse on the maintenance and acquisition of health, on principles in accordance with the wisdom of the ancients / by Robert Howard. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    particularly liable to be chilled at that point; never- theless that is generally the least protected i)art of the body ; and it is especially there that we find the lungs most prone to become diseased. There is gi-eat reason to believe that where there is a pre- disposition to consumption, it is very often early developed in consequence of the insufficient covering on the upper part of the chest; and that it is so induced and established, in very many instances, where it would never otherwise have occurred. The clothing of females, like that of men, has the fault of not affording sufficient protection to the upper ])art of the chest; which cannot with safety, even within doors, be so much exposed as is tbe custom. The habit of tightly lacing the waist, is one which is fraught with dangers to an extent which is absolutely incalculable. The contraction of the waist, occa- sioned by tight stays, has a tendency to cause the displacement of the abdominal viscera; and which often become diseased, apparently from the inconve- nience to which they are in this way subjected. The practice of wearing cotton and linen for ex- ternal female attire, and the use of the same for curtains and such purposes is extremely dangerous, and therefore not less improper. Nature has not clothed any animal in so combustible a material, There are few elderly persons who cannot relate woeful tales of relatives or friends who have suffered from the burning of their own clothes; and our journals are constantly furnishing us with the most deplorable accounts of such accidents, which are, of course, of very frequent occurrence; and it seems as if by a providential protection, that they are not