Dr. Cheyne's own account of himself and his writings / faithfully extracted from his various works.

  • George Cheyne
Date:
1743
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Credit: Dr. Cheyne's own account of himself and his writings / faithfully extracted from his various works. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    ( 6i ) An uncommon Method of pfQlonging hu¬ man Life to 11 5 Years, by Means of • the Breath of young Women 5 extradf- ed from the following curious Piece. lately publifli’d at Cobkntz^ viz. rjERMIPPUS REDIFIFUS'JveEx- * ^ ercitatio Phyjico-Medica curiofa^ de Methodo rara ad cxv Annos propaganda SeneStuHs per An-- helitum Puellanm^ ex veteri Monumento Romano^ deprompia^ nunc Artis Medica fundamentis Jiabi- lita^ & rationibus atque Exemplis^ necnon Jingu- lari Chymice Philojophica paradoxo illujirata Gf conjirmata, Autore]o, Henr. Cohausen, M. D. i. e. ‘ Hermippus revived, or a curious Phy- ^ fico Medical DilTertation, on an uncommon ^ Method of prolonging human Life to 115 ^ Years, by means of the Breath of young Wo- ^ men; copied from an ancient Rornan Monu- • ment, now eftablifhed on a Phylical Bafis by ‘ Arguments and Examples, and illuftrated and * confirmed by a very Angular Paradox in Chy- ‘ mical Philofophy, By Dr. Cohaufen of Cob^ f lentz' This piece is founded on the RomanInfcription 'by Tihomas Reinefms. Mfculapio Sanitati L. Colodius Hermippus vixit Amos cxv. Pies v. Puellarum Anhelitu '■ ' ^od