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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    there is any vifeid Humour remaining, nor can the Decline of the Difeafe be difcovered fo certainly by any Thing, as by the Leffening of the Quantity ex¬ tern ed, and the Lengthening of the In* tervals: As in a Veffel of Oil and Water incorporated, a fure Way tofe- parate the Oil from the Water is, to skim it off as it comes to the Top. Now as long as there is any Oil remaining, it will fwim, if you but give it Time to ex¬ tricate itfelf from the Embraces of the Water}and then you may feparatethe vif¬ cid Mixture intirely. No great Purpofe in Life was ever brought about, but by Time and Patience, and by conftantly furjuing the moft natural and beft ap¬ proved Means that lead towards that End. Nature works not by fudden Jumps and Starts, but goes on fleadily fortement doucement? and ’tis Nature that is the true Phyfician : Art only re¬ moves Obftacles, checks Violences, and gently follicites Nature the Way fhe tends. This requires Time and Pa¬ tience, Tempos edax Reram, It moft cer¬ tainly confumes chronical Difeafes, if flpt fuelled and fed ; Nothing elfe can. M3- L!
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