Copy 1, Volume 1

The code of health and longevity. Or, A concise view, of the principles calculated for the preservation of health, and the attainment of long life... / By Sir John Sinclair.

  • Sir John Sinclair, 1st Baronet
Date:
1807
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Credit: The code of health and longevity. Or, A concise view, of the principles calculated for the preservation of health, and the attainment of long life... / By Sir John Sinclair. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    f «407 +] prevent colds, for men to bathe their feet in cold water every morning *. Fewterell, the boxer, also recommends washing the loins and arms with cold water, and to use no soap on such occasions +. Keeping the feet perfectly dry at all times, is essentialt. If the legs are swelled by a long journey, when the person retires to rest, the feet should be raised higher than the head and body§. Young people _ may wear calico next the skin, but older people in general wear flannel ||. Persons trained never sit down, after tak- ing exercise, without changing their clothes, for fear of rheumatism **. Those’ who are trained to athletic exer- cises, must abstain from excesses of every kind; or, in the words of a great classic, “+ Qui studet optatam cursu contingere metam, “* Multa tulit, fecitque puer, sudavit et alsit ; 6 Abstinuit Venere et Baccho.” 11. Diseases.—The only bad effect attending training, in modern times, is, that the body at first becomes a little fe- -yerish ++; but, besides the various accidents to which the ancient athletz were necessarily exposed, in the course of their exercises and combats,. they were liable to a rupture of blood vessels in the lungs, to apoplexy, and to lethargic complaints tf. 12. Effects on the Body.—The training to athletic exer- cises, has important effects upon various parts of the bo- dy, as the head, the stomach, the lungs, the skin, and the bones; and also tends materially to improve, and to pre- serve the shape of the body, and to promote its duration. In regard to the head, a man in the best ordinary health, when he strikes or receives a few blows, becomes giddy §f. This * P. 99, + PUM,’ +4 $ P. 108, § P. 97. P. 97. “© P,101. ++ P.-97, Ht P,192. = §§ P. 89.