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

  • George Cheyne
Date:
1725
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Credit: An essay of health and long life / By George Cheyne. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    /oaks in Moifture. The ereSl \Tofiure, and the Activity of Watching, make the Berfpiration more plentiful, and thegrofs Evacuations more readily thrown off. This is evident from the Appetite and Hunger, thofe that rife early feel, beyond that which they get by lying long a Bed. Add to all thefe the Influence of the frefh, benign, Morning Air, the retreating of all the noxious Damps and Vapours of the Night, together with the Clouds and Heavinefs, that are thrown upon the Brain from Sleep ; andlaftly, that Chear- fulnefs and Alacrity that is felt by the Approach or Prefence, of that glorious Luminary the Sun, which adds a new Force to the Heart, and a Spur to the Spirits. 7. All Nations and Ages have agreed that the morning Seafon is the proper Time for fpeculative Studies, and thofe Employments that moft require the Faculties of the Mind. For then the Stock of the Spirits is undiminifhed, and in itsgreateft Plenty, the Head is clear and ferene, the Bajjions are quieted and for¬ got j the Anxiety and Inquietude that the Higefiions beget in the nervous Syftem> in moft tender Conftitutions and the Hurry the Spirits are under after the great Meal,