On the decline of life in health and diseaseJ. Churchill, 1853 - 300 pages |
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Page x
... avoid disease , to preserve sound health , and to lengthen out , in happiness and enjoyment , the pe- riod of our earthly career . It seems as if physicians , content with combating disease when it appears , con- cern themselves but ...
... avoid disease , to preserve sound health , and to lengthen out , in happiness and enjoyment , the pe- riod of our earthly career . It seems as if physicians , content with combating disease when it appears , con- cern themselves but ...
Page xii
... part of every course of education ; for then men , being acquainted with the great causes of disease and the best means of pre- serving health , would so conduct themselves as to secure the one and avoid the other ; and ,
... part of every course of education ; for then men , being acquainted with the great causes of disease and the best means of pre- serving health , would so conduct themselves as to secure the one and avoid the other ; and ,
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Barnard Van Oven. secure the one and avoid the other ; and , if at any time the evil did appear , they would not become an easy prey to the unscrupulous effrontery of the ignorant charlatan , but , reflecting on the complicated structure ...
Barnard Van Oven. secure the one and avoid the other ; and , if at any time the evil did appear , they would not become an easy prey to the unscrupulous effrontery of the ignorant charlatan , but , reflecting on the complicated structure ...
Page xiv
... avoid quoting a part of this amiable philosopher's account of himself : - " But some men object that a long life is no desirable thing , because that , after one is over 65 years old , all the time we live after is rather death than ...
... avoid quoting a part of this amiable philosopher's account of himself : - " But some men object that a long life is no desirable thing , because that , after one is over 65 years old , all the time we live after is rather death than ...
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... to enjoy life , even until its close . 3d . To inquire what are the diseases to which age is most usually liable , and by what means such dis- eases may be avoided or mitigated . PART I. ON THE DECLINE OF LIFE IN HEALTH .
... to enjoy life , even until its close . 3d . To inquire what are the diseases to which age is most usually liable , and by what means such dis- eases may be avoided or mitigated . PART I. ON THE DECLINE OF LIFE IN HEALTH .
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Page 29 - The stars shall fade away, the sun himself Grow dim with age, and Nature sink in years, But thou shalt flourish in immortal youth, Unhurt amidst the war of elements, The wreck of matter, and the crush of worlds.
Page 125 - As man, perhaps, the moment of his breath Receives the lurking principle of death; The young disease, that must subdue at length, Grows with his growth, and strengthens with his strength; So, cast and mingled with his very frame.
Page 299 - All the publications of Mr. Churchill are prepared with so much taste and neatness, that it is superfluous to speak of them in terms of commendation.