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 ... To which is added, The pleasure of making a will ... / By William Kitchiner.

  • Kitchiner, William, 1775?-1827.
Date:
1824
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Credit: 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 ... To which is added, The pleasure of making a will ... / By William Kitchiner. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    of submission to this salutary rule of Tem- perance — as many men dig the Grave with their Teeth, as with the Tankard; — Drunkenness is deplorably destructive, but her demurer sister Gluttony destroys a hundred to her one. Instinct generally speaks pretty plainly to those whose instruments of Digestion are in a delicate state — and is an infinitely surer guide, than any Dietetic rules that can be contrived. That the Food which we fancy most — sits easiest on the Stomach — is a fact which the experience of almost every indi- vidual can confirm. The functions of Digestion go on merrily, when exercised by Aliment which the Sto- mach asks for — they often labour in vain, when we eat merely because it is the usual hour of Dining — or out of necessity, to amuse the Gastric juices, and “ lull the grinding stomach’s hungry rage.” To affirm that any thing is wholesome or