Observations on the preservation of health in infancy, youth, manhood and age. With a brief account of the principal British and continental spas and watering places / [John Harrison Curtis].

  • Curtis, John Harrison, 1778-approximately 1860
Date:
1842
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Credit: Observations on the preservation of health in infancy, youth, manhood and age. With a brief account of the principal British and continental spas and watering places / [John Harrison Curtis]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    of this book, upon the main subject of which—the pre- servation of health—they appear to me to have a direct bearing. Whatever relates to the improvement of the medical profession cannot but affect the health of the commu- nity ; I have therefore appended to the third chapter a few remarks on the division of medical labour—a subject not altogether novel, I confess, but one which has not hitherto received the attention its importance demands, and one on which the advancement of the science of medi- cine depends, perhaps, more than on any other cause. Although this work is designed, and, I trust, adapted to be, a general manual of health, yet the population of London is so vast, that I have judged it hardly a depar- ture from its generality, to add some remarks having special reference to the metropolis ; most of which, how- ever, are also applicable to other large towns. The dangers of tropical climates are encountered by so many of our countrymen, that the precautions given in this edition to those thus circumstanced cannot fail to be acceptable, and to add to the value of my work. There are many other additions that do not require to be specified here ; but any one who will take the trouble to compare this edition with its precursor will find that its improvements are by no means inconsiderable or valueless. The addition made to the title of this edition, “ Sim- plicity of Living,” may require a few words of explana- tion ; and these I will now give. By the phrase, “ Simplicity of Living,” then, I wish to point out, that the preservation of health is dependent not upon the observance of any uniform set of rules — c