A lecture on the preservation of health / By T. Garnett.

  • Thomas Garnett
Date:
1800
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Credit: A lecture on the preservation of health / By T. Garnett. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    was before; and every frefh debauch will fhorten life, probably two or three weeks at lead:, befides debilitating the body, and bringing on a variety of difeafes, with premature old age. Thofe who drink only a moderate quantity of wine, fo as to make them cheerful, as they call it, but not abfo- lutely to intoxicate, may imagine that it will do them no harm. The ftrong and robuft may enjoy the pleafures of the bottle and table with feeming im- punity, and fometimes for many years may not find any bad effects from them; but depend upon it, if a full diet