THE ART OF INVIGORATING AND PROLONGING LIFE, BY FOOD, CLOTHES, AIR, EXERCISE, WINE, SLEEP, &c. 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. Suaviter in modo, sed fortiter in re. BY THE AUTHOR OF "THE COOK'S ORACLE," &c. &c. &c. _SECOND EDITION._ LONDON: PRINTED FOR HURST, ROBINSON, AND CO. AND A. CONSTABLE AND CO., EDINBURGH. 1821. TO THE NERVOUS AND BILIOUS, THE FOLLOWING TREATISE, ON THE ART OF MANAGING THOSE TEMPERAMENTS, IS RESPECTFULLY INSCRIBED. CONTENTS. PAGE ART OF INVIGORATING LIFE 1 Reducing Corpulence 50 Sleep 65 Siesta 94 Clothes 103 Fire 113 Air 119 Exercise 122 Wine 127 Peptic Precepts 156 Index 267 THE NUMBERS _affixed to the various Articles of Food, &c. are those referred to in the_ THIRD EDITION _of_ THE COOK'S ORACLE: CONTAINING RECEIPTS FOR PLAIN COOKERY ON THE MOST ECONOMICAL PLAN FOR PRIVATE FAMILIES: ALSO THE ART OF COMPOSING THE MOST SIMPLE, AND MOST HIGHLY FINISHED Broths, Gravies, Soups, Sauces, Store Sauces, AND FLAVOURING ESSENCES: _The Quantity of each Article is_ ACCURATELY STATED BY WEIGHT AND MEASURE; _THE WHOLE BEING THE RESULT OF_ Actual Experiments INSTITUTED IN THE KITCHEN OF A PHYSICIAN. "Miscuit utile dulce."