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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    Valetudinary, and the Studious, ought to have ftated Times for Exercife, at leaft Two or Three Hours a Day, the one , Half before Dinner, the other before going to Bed. 6. Exercife, i. fhould always be gone about with an empty Stomach: 2. Should never be continued to IVearinefs: 3. Af* ter it, one mull take Care not to catch Cold. And it fhould always be accom¬ panied with Temperance, elfe, inftead of a Remedy, it will become an Evil. , 7. Cold-bathing is of great Advan- j Cage to Health ; but fhould not be ufed under a Fit of a chronical Diftemper, with a quick Pulfe, or with a Head- ach, or by thofe that have weak Lungs, Jt promotes Perforation, inlarges the Circulation, and prevents the Danger of catching CVd. Thofe of tender Nerves, fhould pour Water on their Heads before they go in, and none ought to jump in fuddenly, and with fheir Heads foremoft. ) i 8. The Flefb-Brufh is a moll ufefuj Exercife, as appears by its Advantage liorfes, and ought not only to be ufed