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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    E ¥0.] nected with the proposed inquiry. From this immense mass, he proposes to extract whatever seems to be peculi- arly valuable. On subjects, respecting which so many volumes have been written, it will not be easy to draw up a new work, the form of which will give universal satisfaction, as many will desire a more condensed, and many a more detailed ex- planation. To gratify the first, it is the Author’s intention, when his inquiries are completed, to consolidate into One Volume octavo, all the knowledge which he considers to be essentially necessary for the attainment of Health and Longevity. ‘The generality of mankind will not have leisure to read, and many of them cannot afford to buy a larger Heblicasion, But for those who may be desirous of investigating the subject farther, he intends to print, in Four Volumes octavo, distinct from the other work, but to be published at the game time, an account of the arent and opinions, 1. OF Ancient. 2. Of Foreign; and, 3. Of British Authors, who have discussed the subjects in question. ‘Those who may be desirous of being more thoroughly ace quainted with these subjects, will thus be furnished with a catalogue of the authors whose works they may collect, for the purpose of an examination still more minute, either for their own personal satisfaction, or for giving to the world another publication, adding to, or improving on, the work which is now submitted to the public. Such is the general nature of the work.—It will next be proper to explain the particular points which it is intended to discuss, The medical authors, who have hitherto written on health, have commonly restricted their observations to six general heads: I. Air. 2. Diet. 3. Motion and Rest. 4. Sleeping and Watching. 5. Retention and Excretion; and, 6. The Passions of the Mind. ‘To these they have given the singu- lar name of the six NON-NATURALS, from the idea, that though, if they were managed. with prudence, they might be entitled to the name of Naturals, yet as they are much oftener abused, and thence are the source of va- rious disorders, they are more frequently acting against, than with nature, and therefore may be properly termed Non=