The economy of health or the stream of human life from the cradle to the grave with reflections, moral, physical and philosophical on the successive phases of human existence, the maladies to which they are subject, and the dangers that may be averted / [James Johnson].

  • Johnson, James, 1777-1845
Date:
1838
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Credit: The economy of health or the stream of human life from the cradle to the grave with reflections, moral, physical and philosophical on the successive phases of human existence, the maladies to which they are subject, and the dangers that may be averted / [James Johnson]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Cupids—one heaven-born—the other the Offspring of Nox and Erebus, 44.. Picture of a Love-sick Maiden, 45.. Marriage Maxims of Modern Life, 46.. Evil direction of Female Education, 46.. Morbid Excitability produced by Music, 47.. Seeds of Female Diseases sown at this Period, 49,. Want of Exercise—Exposure to Night-Air, 50.. Deplorable Effects of Tight-lacing, SI.. Effects of too-early Matri- mony, 54. FOURTH SEPTENNIAD. [21 to 28 Years.] Typical Representation of Time, 56.. Nature ever changing, never changed, 56.. Time, as estimated by different Individuals, 57. .Unjust Complaints against Time, 58.. Majority attained, and Manhood gained, 59.. False Estimates of good and bad Fortune, 59.. Remarkable Illustration—“ all for the best,” 59.. Majority of Years not Acme of Powers, 59.. Age of 25, the Age of Maturity, 60.. Difference between Males and Females, 60.. Fourth Septenniad the most critical for both Sexes, 61. .Structure and Functions of the Human Frame indicative of infinite Wisdom, 61.. Sum-total of the Functions constitute Health, 62.. Sources of Pleasure, and Suffering, 62.. Man apparently designed for Immortality, 63.. Immortality, in this World, would be a dreadful Curse, 63.. Acme of Physical Development at 25, not the Acme of Firmness and Strength, 64.. Temperance and Exercise consoli- date the Constitution, 64.. Youth of Labour and Age of Ease, 65.. Exercise almost always in our power, 65.. Fourth Septenniad claimed by Hymen, 67 .. Question of the proper Time for Marriage, 67.. Consequences of Premature Marriage in the Female, 67.. Choice of a Mate—Marriage a Lottery, 68.. Courtship a State of Warfare, 68.. Best Chance of Happiness in Matrimony, 69.. All Contrasts produce Harmony, 70.. Wisdom of Providence, 71.. PULMONARY CONSUMPTION, its Causes, Prevention, and Treatment, 71-78. FIFTH AND SIXTH SEPTENNIADS. [28 to 42 Years.] THE GOLDEN yERA. Fifth and Sixth Septenniads the double Keystone of the Arch of Human Life, 79 . .Remarks on Dr. S. Johnson’s “ Decline of Life,” 79.. Remarks on Dr. S. Smith’s “ Meridian of Life,” 79.. Life nearly stationary from 28 to 42, 80.. Equilibrium of Waste and Supply, 80.. Arguments against Materialism, 81.. Phrenology, 82.. Different Organs and different Functions in the Brain, 83. .Plurality of Organs in the Brain no Argument in favour of Materialism, 83.. Material Organs not the Causes but the Instruments of the Mental Faculties, 84. .Drawbacks on Phre- nology, 85.. Auto-phrenology, or the Study of our own Propensities, the best Study—and easiest, 85.. Difficulty and Danger of studying the Organs of our Neighbours, 85.. Insanity and Monomania best Illustrations of Phrenology, 86.. Mind acquires Strength after the Body begins to decline, 87.. Imagination strong- est in the Golden yEra, 88.. Shakespeare—Scott—Byron, &c. as examples, 88.. Exceptions to this Rule—Milton, Johnson, &c. 89. .Judgment stronger after the Meridian, 89.. Bacon, Newton, Locke, Linnaeus, &c. in illustration, 89.. Novum Organon, at the Age of 59, 89. .Newton’s Vigour of Mind at 73, 89. .Powers of Mind and Body do not appear to rise and fall, pari passu, as the Materialists main- tain, 90.. Explanation of this Difference, 90.. Practical Application, 90.. Emula- tion of Youth glides into the Ambition of Manhood, 91.. Ambition, its Rewards