The Art of Invigorating and Prolonging Life

Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Art of Invigorating and Prolonging Life: By Food, Clothes, Air, Exercise, Wine, Sleep, and Peptic Precepts, Pointing Out Agreeable and Effectual Methods to Prevent and Relieve Indigestion, and to Regulate and Strengthen the Action of the Stomach and Bowels "The choice and measure of the materials of which our body is composed, - and what we take daily by pounds, - is at least of as much importance as what we take seldom, and only by grains and spoonsful." – Dr. Arbuthnot on Aliment, pref. p. iii. The editor of the following pages had originally an extremely delicate constitution; - and at an early period devoted himself to the study of Physic, with the hope - of learning how to make the most of his small stock of health. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.