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 BowelsKitchiner, William
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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
Kitchiner, William
Diet; Digestion; Hygiene
Liver, how to render Healthful, 63
Complaints, 239
Liver, Mr. Carlisle's Observations on, 239
Lobsters, 30
Locke, Mr. quoted, 221
Liquid Bread, 144
Luncheon, 21, 175
Lungs, 121
Longings, especially in Acute Diseases, 202
Withers' Obs. on, 202
LOZENGES, 60 sorts made by Mr. Smith,
Fell Street, Wood Street, Cheapside, 234
Magnesia, an uncertain Medicine, 161
Mastication, how important to Digestion, 88
Dr. Arbuthnot Obs. on, 256
Spallanzani ditto, 258
calculation of the mean number of Munches requisite, 259
Masticators, patent, where to buy, 262
Mathematical Valetudinarian, a calculation of, 18
Mattress, of Horse-hair, 91
Matrimony, 70
best ages for, 70
Meat _under_-done, 27
_over_-done, 27
thoroughly done most digestible, 27
Essence of, 251
Minced, recommended by Lord Bacon, 263
Mercury, Obs. on, 240
Measure, Lyne's glass, 129
Madeira, 134
Obs., 154
Mind, how important tranquillity of, 9
the vigour of, decays with that of the Body, 50
exertion of, more exhausting than that of the Body, 66, 67, and 87
Anxiety of, paralyses Digestion, 67
Anxiety of, a common cause of Indigestion, 172
Mellifluous Aromatics, 234
Mutton, 10-22
Digestibility of, 177
Chops, delicately stewed, 254
Broth, excellent, 254
Midnight, one hour's rest before, worth two after, 74
Mock Turtle recommended, 206
Birch's ditto, 206
Kay's ditto, 206
Mountain Wine, 154
Mulled Wine, to make extempore, 248
Nap of 40 winks, 69
Noisy Neighbours, hints to, 76 to 82
Actionable Nuisances, 80
Nervous Disorders, 83
Dr. Whytt's Obs. on, 181
people should keep a register of their Health, 197
Nightmare, chief cause of, 87
Obs. on, 189 and following pages.
the Editor's case of, 190
remedies for, 192, 193
Dr. Whytt's case of, 194
Mr. Waller's Essay on, 195
Northumberland Household Book, 185
Oysters, 30
not so nutritive as supposed, 30, 171
Opium, Obs. on, 88
Lozenges, 233
Orange Peel, for nervous people, 243
Palpitation of the Heart, the cause and cure of, 173
Do. oftener arises from Indigestion, than from Organic Disease,
173
Pocket Pistol, how to charge a, 182
Parkins, Sir Thomas, preferred Beef-Eaters to Sheep-Biters, 91
Parliament, hints to Members of, 179
Portable Soup, 249
Party-Walls, their thinness, 76
Peppermint Lozenges, 99, 173, 233
Peptic Precepts, 156
Prawns, 30
Perspiration, the panacea for Corpulence, 125
Pulse, an uncertain Index, 16
Scale of its pace at various ages, 45
when languid, 73
Peck, Mr., his Geographie de la Gourmandise, 185
Piano-Fortes, 80
Position, the influence of, in alleviating Disease, 97
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