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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    whereby the Juices themfelves are ren¬ dered fo corrofive, as to burft or wear out the Solids j or, thirdly, a Relaxatir on, or Want of a due Force, and Sprin- ginefs, in the Solids themfelves. An Ex- cefs in Quantity begets the firfl, the ill Condition of our Meat and Drink the fecond, and both together, with Want of due Labour, the third. * §. 2. The Meat of England is gene¬ rally animal Subftances. The Animals themfelves, from epidemick Caufes, bad Food, Age, or other Infirmities, have their Difeafes as well as human Crea¬ tures: and thefe diieafed Animals can $ never be proper or found Food for Men. Adult Animals abound more in urinous Salts than young ones: Their Parts are more clofely compafted, becaufe more forcibly united ,* and fo harder of Dige- fiion. JTis true, the great Diftinftion of the Fitnefs or Unfitnefs of the feverai Sorts of Animals and Vegetables for hu¬ man Food, depends upon their original Make, Frame, and Nature (and that can be found out only by Experience) as alfo upon xhtfpecial Talk, Complexion, Tem¬ perament, and Habits of the Perfon that feeds on them. * But by the Help of thefe Three