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
Stomach Warmers, where to be had, 158
how much it will hold, note under, 158
must occasionally have a Holiday, 163
centre of Sympathy, 165
Wind in the, 173
put out of temper by fasting too long, 182
Dr. Hunter says, tells the Head what it wants, 200
Dr. Smith Do., 201
Dr. Adair Do., 201
let it have what it asks for, 203
Dr. Whytt's Obs. on how much its disposition, &c. varies, 204
of Invalids require screwing up, 208
Cheyne's Obs. on the importance of a clean one, 216
Stomachic Tinctures, 244
Spice and Wine, 207
Spasms in Stomach, how to manage, 173, 189
Smith, Mr., his 60 sorts of Lozenges, 234
Stewart, John, the traveller, his Obs. on Clothes, 106
Do. on the Senses, 257
Spallanzani quoted, 258
Sweet Wines, 154
Tar Water, 242
Temperature, to preserve that of a room regular, 115
best for sitting rooms, 116
the influence of in alleviating Disease, 94
the mean of England, 108
Observations, &c., 113
Thermometers, where to be placed, 105
Tent Wine, 154
Training, Captain Barclay's Obs. on, 3
Do. quoted, 7
principal rules for, 7
rules, 9
Diet ordered, 10
time required to screw a Man up to his fullest strength, 14
Criterions of Good Condition, 15
first preparation for, 18
on the mode of Cookery, &c. most invigorating, 25
Food must be taken warm, 26
Do., and thoroughly done, 27
John Hunter's Obs. on Do., 27
Spallanzani, experiment to prove it, 27
diet in wasting a Jockey, 29
Teeth, to take care of, 260
the value of, 261
Food for those whose Teeth are defective, 263
Preservers, 264
Ache, remedy for, 265
Tic Douloureux, 264
Tewahdiddle, 89
Tongue of Pityllus, 210
Time, the Economy of, 69
Tonic Medicines, 182, 219
Tincture, 242
Toast and Water, to make, 230
Tablettes de Bouillon, how to make, 251
Thriving, the art of, quoted, 255
Valetudinarians, maxim for, from Comus, 72
Vegetables, undressed, 171
Voice, when the falsetto begins to fail, 47
what the power of depends upon, 99
Ventriloquism, 173, 200
Vinum Britannicum, 144
Wadd on Corpulency, 29
Waistbands, 111
Walking, how it reduces weight, 62
Water-Cresses, 171
Water-drinking, the advantages of, 147
Weather, wet, 108
Wesley, Mr. Chas., his extraordinary Ear, 47
Windows, Double, 91
Curtains, 91
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