The guardian goddess of health, or, The whole art of preventing and curing diseases : and of enjoying peace and hapiness of body and of mind to the longest possible period of human existence : with precepts for the preservation and exaltation of personal beauty and loveliness : to which is added, an account of the composition, preparation, and properties of the three great medicines prepared and dispensed at the Temple of Health, Adelphi, and at the Temple of Hymen, Pall-Mall, London.
- Graham, James, 1745-1794.
- Date:
- 1785
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: The guardian goddess of health, or, The whole art of preventing and curing diseases : and of enjoying peace and hapiness of body and of mind to the longest possible period of human existence : with precepts for the preservation and exaltation of personal beauty and loveliness : to which is added, an account of the composition, preparation, and properties of the three great medicines prepared and dispensed at the Temple of Health, Adelphi, and at the Temple of Hymen, Pall-Mall, London. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![[ >9 ] fcentre, is to be found alone by the gift of God; or, in other words, by his blefling on the reverential and alliduous labours and inveftiga- tions of thofe who learch unweariedly into the vaft treafures of na- ture, with a view of promoting the good and happinefs of the world, and the honour and glory of God! --Whenever therefore,, we can extract and concentrate from the adventitious, grofs, or maritive parts—-the balmy, fimple, homogeneous and vivifying particles of' •fubftances truly medicinal;, bv means of the harmonious.combination of the great univerfal principles of air, aether, magnetifm,.electricity, and folar light, we need look for no other medicines ; and I defy any phyfician to mention an indication in the'ciire of any difeafe, whether ^ opening, purifying, fvveating, purging, vo‘- by alferinrgj attenuating, miting, palling offby the kidnies; or by taking off fpafms arid irri- tations by bracing and comforting the nerves,--or by ftrength- ening and Vivifying the whole fyftem, but may be anfvvered in. the completed: and moll friendly manner, by the judicious modulation’s and exhibitions of thefe three great medicines. They will therefore, upon principles perfectly demonftrable,.:'cure all cii.rable difeafes, gladden the heart, illuminate the mind, and prolong human feSP- ence to the longeil: poffible period. Becaufe this exaff mixture of hot and cold, moift and dry,-—this harmonious tempering 6f the primary vital elements, coalefcing like chords in mufic, mu.ft be peace-makers in the fifite or cfifbrders of the conllituent parts and qualities of man’s body;—and becaufe the true quintefience of na- ture is Fire. I don’t mean’the grofs, impure, cqnfihning* culinary fire w hich we have every day before us in the world: by no means. The fire which I employ in the cure' of difeafes,, and in the preparation of thofe three great medicinesi, is the true elementary fire, which has e*ln wordiipped as ft wire by the philofophrers of ajl ages. They had ghmpfes of it; and even its dawn gleaming on their horizon filled them with ideas fo vafiratid foblime ! that the herd of the world called them mad enthufiafis. How much greater felicity mull %vc enjoy, upon whom the fun of feience fldnes fo bright as at this day. How much more may we benefit and enlighten theihuman fpeqies! But li , the fun. juft alluded to, is far-—very—v£ry far from having at-- tamed its meridian:altitude ft even now points, but at fix o’clock of a fummer morning. , Yet how faff-, how fvveetly-do the buds of every btanch of fcience openl^TUe birds fing—all mature Joices. But thofe charming fields—thefe delightful profPe<3s tempt me to wander too far. f: will return. The fire I fay which I .employ in ie cuieof difeafes, and for the preparation of thefe great medi- cines, is t e univerfal living fire which conne&s and moves the whole y em—which animates all nature, and which you, my cour- C a](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b28520762_0025.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
