Health for the million; with observations on unhealthy employments, by the author of 'How to make home happy'.1858 |
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... strong drinks , inordinate exercise , exposure to extremes of temperature , the shock of the passions , & c . A proper knowledge of the most important functions of the body is highly necessary . Our pre- ceding remarks do not apply to ...
... strong drinks , inordinate exercise , exposure to extremes of temperature , the shock of the passions , & c . A proper knowledge of the most important functions of the body is highly necessary . Our pre- ceding remarks do not apply to ...
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... strong expression , but still it is proper that a man at sixty should have some know- ledge of his own pulse , and should be acquainted with his own temper of body in regard to heat and cold ; but , above all , should have ascertained ...
... strong expression , but still it is proper that a man at sixty should have some know- ledge of his own pulse , and should be acquainted with his own temper of body in regard to heat and cold ; but , above all , should have ascertained ...
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... strong , but not coarse . His head is not too large . He has prominent veins in the limbs , and his shoulders are rather round than flat . His neck is neither very long nor short . His stomach does not project , and his hands are large ...
... strong , but not coarse . His head is not too large . He has prominent veins in the limbs , and his shoulders are rather round than flat . His neck is neither very long nor short . His stomach does not project , and his hands are large ...
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... strong affinity to unite with animal matter , and the result of a perfect union of the two , in such proportion that neither is in excess , is a mild , unirritating com- position . Soap is a compound of the two , but in such proportions ...
... strong affinity to unite with animal matter , and the result of a perfect union of the two , in such proportion that neither is in excess , is a mild , unirritating com- position . Soap is a compound of the two , but in such proportions ...
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... strong , robust people I should direct it early in the morning ; to persons of delicate fibre at mid - day : its good effects are increased by the use of flesh - brushes directly afterwards . For those whose constitutions will not bear ...
... strong , robust people I should direct it early in the morning ; to persons of delicate fibre at mid - day : its good effects are increased by the use of flesh - brushes directly afterwards . For those whose constitutions will not bear ...
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acid animal Anthony Carlisle astringent atmosphere attention avoid becomes blood body breath carbonic acid cause chest chilblains chyle circumstances clothing colour common cold consequence constitution consumption costiveness damp degree diet digestion disease disorders drachm dress drink dyspepsia effects evils excite exercise exertion exposed eyes fatigue feet flatulent fluid frequently fruits glottis habit hair head heart heat Hippocrates increased indigestion inflammation influence injurious invalids irritation John Floyer kind labour less liable light liquors live lungs malt liquors matter means ment mind morning muscles nature necessary nervous night nourishment nutritive observes occasions occupation old age open air organs pain papillæ passions patient persons phthisis pleasure preserve prevent produce proper quantity reason remarks remedy render skin sleep stomach stone fruits suffer sufficient sulphuric acid surface teeth temperature tion travelling vegetable ventilation vigour warm weak weather wine young
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Страница 51 - Though I look old, yet I am strong and lusty: For in my youth I never did apply Hot and rebellious liquors in my blood; Nor did not with unbashful forehead woo The means of weakness and debility; Therefore my age is as a lusty winter, Frosty, but kindly: let me go with you; I'll do the service of a younger man In all your business and necessities.
Страница 233 - ... or book, describing the country where he traveleth, which will be a good key to his inquiry ; let him keep also a diary; let him not stay long in one city or town, more or less as the place deserveth, but not long...
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Страница 100 - Methought I heard a voice cry, Sleep no more ! Macbeth does murder sleep, the innocent sleep ; Sleep, that knits up the ravell'd sleave of care, The death of each day's life, sore labour's bath, Balm of hurt minds, great nature's second course, Chief nourisher in life's feast ;— Lady M.
Страница 268 - A merry heart doeth good like a medicine: but a broken spirit drieth the bones.
Страница 100 - And sung their thankful hymns: 'tis sin, Nay, profanation, to keep in, Whenas a thousand virgins on this day Spring sooner than the lark, to fetch in May.
Страница 244 - William," the young man cried, " And pleasures with you pass away, And yet you lament not the days that are gone : Now tell me the reason, I pray."
Страница 244 - You are old, Father William," the young man cried, "And life must be hastening away; You are cheerful and love to converse upon death: Now tell me the reason, I pray.
Страница 232 - ... sit and hear causes ; and so of consistories ecclesiastic ; the churches and monasteries, with the monuments which are therein extant ; the walls and fortifications of cities and towns ; and so the havens and harbours, antiquities and ruins, libraries, colleges, disputations, and lectures where they are...