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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    ufed on Human Bodies, but alfo on fuch of the Animals we defign for our Food, as it can be applied to. CHAP. y. Of our Evacuations., and their Obftru&ions. §• !• HP H E Three Principal Evacuati, A ons are, By Siege, by Water, and by Perforation. All thefe muft be duly regulated, and in the Order of Nature, towards the Prefervation of Health, and the prolonging of Life, The Ftrfl ought to be of a due Conjijlence between both Extremes. * Oportet Sanorum Sedes ejfe fg'Urat4s. Thole who are cojlive•, have either over-heated their Bodies with flrong Liquors; have eaten too fparingly ; have too flow a Digejlion, or the Penjlaltick i. e. The Grofs Evacuations ought to be of iuch a Confidence in the Healthy, as to take the Jmpreffion of the Guts. Motion