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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    Circulation and full Ferfpiration, feldom or never catch Cold. And this is the Reafon why rich Foods and generous Wines, moderately ufed, become fo cx- \ cel-lent an Antidote in infectious and epi¬ demic k Diftempers; not only as they hanifh Fear and Terror, but as they make fo full and free a Stream of F erfpiration, and maintain fo aftive and brisk an At- mofphere, as fuffers no noxious Steams or Mixtures in the Air to come within it j but drives and beats off the Enemy to a Diftance. But Perfons of vifeous, heavy Fluids, of poor and fizey Juices, of little or no Ferfpiration, fuch as ge¬ nerally all fludious, fedentary, and fickly Perfons are, but efpecially tlioih that are fubjed to nervous Diforders, muftnecef- farily fuffer under thefepoifonous Mixtures in the Air, if they do not cautioufly and carefully fence againft them, or take not a prefent Remedy and Antidote, when tainted. For befides the Air that gets through the perfpiratory \Duffs into the Blood, whenever we Eat, Drink, or Breath, we arc taking into our Bodies, fuch Air as is about us. And when the concoCtive Powers are weak, as in fuch s Ferfonsy and the Qiiantity of the Food is too great, or its Quality too ftrong for them.