Means of obtaining a long and healthy life / by Lewis Cornaro ; with notes by Mason L. Weems ; to which is added, The way to wealth, by Doctor Franklin.

  • Cornaro, Luigi, 1475-1566. Discorsi della vita sobria. English
Date:
1809
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    on their stomach, and they will have a more restless night than if they had both dined and supped heartily. He therefore, who has missed his dinner, should make a light supper of spoon victuals, rather than of any strong solid food. Hippocrates. He who has taken a larger quantity of food than usual, and feels it heavy and troublesome on his stomach, will, if he is a wise man, go out and puke it up imme- diately*. Hippocrates. And here I cannot omit mentioning a very ruinous error into which too many are fond of running, I mean, the frequent use of strong vomits and purgatives. A man every now and then feeds too freely on some favourite dish ; by such excess the stomach is weakened, the body filled with superfluous humours, and he presently finds * TVe wise son of Sirach confirms this pre- cept, ano. says, Eccles. xxxi. 21. If thou hast been forceo. to eat, arise, go forth and puke, and thou shalt have rest. And most certain it is, [adds an ingenVus physician] that hundreds and thousands have bought sickness and death on themselves, by theiY ignorance or neglect of this rule. But at the same time people should care- fully avoid a repetition of that excess, which renders such an evacuation necessary, for fre- Sucnt vomitings do greatly tend to weaken and estroy the tone of the stomach.
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