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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    to his Chofen People, and perpetu¬ ated to us in the Immerfwn at Baptifm, by the lame Spirit, who, with infinite Wifdom in this, as in every Thing elle that regards. the Temporal and Eternal Felicity of his Creatures, combines their Duty with their eternal Happinefs. Firjl, The Neceflity of a free Perforation to the Prefervation of Health, is now known to every Body, and frequent wafhing the Body in Water,deznfes theMouths of the Perforatory Ducts from that Glutinous Foulnefs that is continually falling upon them, from their own condenfed dewy Jtmofphere, whereby the Perfo¬ ration would be foon obftrufled, and the Party languid. Secondly, The having the Circulation, full, free and open, thro* all the Capillary Arteries, is of great Benefit towards Health and Long Life. Now nothing promotes that fo much as Cold-bathing ; for by the violent and ludden Shock it gives to the whole Syftem ©1 the hl-uias, from the Circumference in- ward towards the Centre, and the Fluids (becaufe Reaction is always equal and con- trary to Action) fpringing back again from the Centre to the Circumference, a Force is raifed almoft ever fufficient to break Wiro all the Dams and Ob ft ructions of t lie Jmallefl