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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    theDefart. St. Eptf hanus, to 115. St. Je¬ rome. to about 100. Simeon Styhtes, 109. And Romualdits, 120. And Lewis Corna- ro, a Venetian Nobleman, after he had u- fed all other Remedies in vain, fo that his Life was defpair'd of at 40, yet recover'd and liv’d, by the mere Force of Tem¬ perance, near to 100 years. §). 6. Our Northern Climate, as I faid from the Purity and Coldnefs of the Air, which bracing the Fibres, makes the Ap¬ petite keener, and the Action of Dige- ftition (tronger 5 and from the Labour and Strength of the People, which makes the Expences of living more, will necef- farily require a greater Quantity of Food. Yet his wonderful in what Sprightlinefs, Strength, A&ivity, and freedom of Spirits, a low Diet, even here, will preferve thofe that have habituated them (elves to it. Buchanan informs us of one Lau¬ rence who preferred him (elf to 140, by the mere Force of Temperance and La¬ bour. Spo::fwood mentions one Kenti- gem (alterwards called St. Monaghy or Mungo, from whom the Famous Well in Wales is named) who lived to 185 Years, tho' after he came to the Years of Underftanding, he never tailed Wine