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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    §* 9. Thofe tender and valetudinary People, whofe Studies or Profeffion oblige them to read or write much, ought, as far as they pollibly can, to Jland in an ereft Pojlure, bending their Head and Breajl, as little as may be, leaning only on a (loping Desk, and con¬ tinuing their Exercifes in that Pojlure, ^till they grow weary ; then reft, and be at it again. Cujlom and Brattice, ob- ftinately perfifted in, will at length render the Pojlure eafy to them. And 7tis inconceivable, how many and great Advantages it will bring to the Conjlitu- tion. Sitting, Bending and Leaning low, comprefs fame, if not many of the Vejjels of the Body ; and fo flop and retard the Circulation of the Blood and Juices thro1 them ; which makes a more ready Flux through the other more patent and pervious ones. Whence that Sleeps- nefs and Difability to Motion in the Limbs, till the Blood and Spirits, by a proper Pofture, get a free Admittance into them. From this alfo, there en- fues an unequable and jubfultory Circulation of the Juices, and an unequable Secre¬ tion in the Glands; and, confequently, an unequal Growth, Strength and Vigour9 D d of
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