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

  • George Cheyne
Date:
1725
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Credit: An essay of health and long life / By George Cheyne. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    long and without much Pain, have lived abftemihujly, poor and meagre. Cor- naro prolonged his Life, and preferved his Senfes, by almoft Jlarving in his latter Days $ and fome others have done the like. They have indeed thereby, in fome meafure, weakned their na¬ tural Strength, and qualified the Fire and Flux of their Spirits: But they have preferved their Senfesy weakened their Spains, prolonged their Days, and procured themfelves a gentle and quiet Pajfage into another State. Gentle domeftick Purges frequently repeated, due Exercifey and the Ufe of the other Means prefcribed in the foregoing Trea- tife, will mightily contribute toward this End. But the Ground work mu ft be laid, carried on, and finifhed in Ab- Jlemioufnefs j and though not in abfolute Fafting (for that is no ways required, and would be prejudicial) yet in a thiny poory lowy light and meagre Diet. All the reft will be infufficient without this. And this alone, without thefey will fuffice to carry on Life, as long as** by its natural Frame it was made to laft, and will make the Pafiage eafy and ealmy as a Taper goes out for want of Fuel. Mif-
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