An essay of health and long life / By George Cheyne.

  • George Cheyne
Date:
1724
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Credit: An essay of health and long life / By George Cheyne. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    whereby the Juices themfelves are ren¬ dered fo corrojive, as to burft or wear out the Solids 5 or, thirdly, a Relaxa-' tiofiy or Want of a due jRww and Sprin- ginefs, in the Solids themfelves. AnEx- cefs in Quantity begets the fir ft? the ill Condition of our Meat and Drink the fecondy and both together, with Want of due Labour, the third. §. 2. The Meat of England is gene¬ rally animal Subftances. The Animals themfelves, from epidemick Caufes, bad Pood, Age, or other Infirmities, have their Difeafes as well as human Crea¬ tures : and thefe difeafed Animals can never be proper or found Food for Men. Adult Animals abound more in urinous Salts than young ones: Their Parts are more clofely eompa&ed, becaufe more forcibly united j and fo harder of Dige- ftion. Tis true, the great Diftindion of the Fitnefs or Unfitnefs of the feveral Sorts of Animals and Vegetables for hu¬ man Food, depends upon their original Make, Frame, and Nature (and that can be found out only by Experience) as alfo upon the fpecial Tafte, Complexion, Tem¬ perament? and Habits of the Perfon that feeds on them. But by the Help of thefe Three /
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