The oeconomy of health, or, A medical essay: containing ... instructions for the attainment of health, happiness and longevity / [Andrew Harper].
- Harper, Andrew, -1790
- Date:
- [1789]
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: The oeconomy of health, or, A medical essay: containing ... instructions for the attainment of health, happiness and longevity / [Andrew Harper]. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![[ 22 ] has a contraryEffe& upon the Solids,) throws off the nutritious Part of the Blood, and thereby waftes and weakens the Syftem. In all Cafes whatever, let this be an inva- riable Rule, that real Wearinefs and Fa- tigue fhould mark the precife Limits of every Species of Exercife and Labour. Cleanlinefs is accompanied with as much } Utility as Comfort, and fhould therefore be _ practifed, as far as Circumftances will ad- mit, by every one. It is a Matter of no {mall Importance to keep the Skin clear and clean: both becaufe it is the moft copious excretory Paflage, of the whole Body, for the fuperfluous Diathefis of the Blood, and alfo on Account of its being a fine, fenfible, nervous Expanfion, holding a high Degree of Sympathy, with all the principal Organs of the Syftem. Hence _ the Skin is the principal Drain whereby the Circulation maintains an equal Diftribu- - tion, and the Nervous Syftem preferves its Equilibrium. | | The](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b33290660_0032.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
