An easy way to prolong life, by a little attention to our manner of living : Containing many salutary observations on exercise rest, etc. ... and some remarks on drunkenness, smoking ... The second part / [John Trusler].

  • Trusler, John, 1735-1820
Date:
[1775?]
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Credit: An easy way to prolong life, by a little attention to our manner of living : Containing many salutary observations on exercise rest, etc. ... and some remarks on drunkenness, smoking ... The second part / [John Trusler]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    fleep and creating fuodry dreams; on their awak¬ ing, they found themfelves refrefhed, and from their wandering thoughts during their infenfibi- ]ity5 they fondly conceived, they could progno- fticate the event of any bufmefs they took in hand or any matter of importance they wifhed to know. Their method of ufing it was this. Having dried the leaves, they call them on the coals, and with a cane received the fmoke of them by the mouth and noftrills till they fell into a drunken trance or fleep, in which they continued three or four hours, according to the quantity of fmoke they had taken in. After which they found themfelves lightened and refrefhed, and were able to return to their labour or exercife as before. But we fmoke tobacco for no fuch purpofe % where one peifon takes a pipe medicinally, a hundred do it for pleafure to pafs away the time. And as this is done indifcriminately at all times and by all ages and conflitutions, very often to the injury of health, a few obfervations upon this fubjed, can be no lefs profitable than pleafing. Not*