On the decline of life in health and diseaseJ. Churchill, 1853 - 300 pages |
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Page v
... condition of mankind , to alleviate pain , and oppose the influence of disease . I cannot hope , strictly speaking , " to teach my profession to others . " The important task of instructing the rising generation of PREFACE . students is ...
... condition of mankind , to alleviate pain , and oppose the influence of disease . I cannot hope , strictly speaking , " to teach my profession to others . " The important task of instructing the rising generation of PREFACE . students is ...
Page xi
... condition ; but it is better still to keep the body in so sound a state as to defy disease , and enable men to pass through life from year to year in health- ful and vigorous activity . I dare not hope that I have succeeded in showing ...
... condition ; but it is better still to keep the body in so sound a state as to defy disease , and enable men to pass through life from year to year in health- ful and vigorous activity . I dare not hope that I have succeeded in showing ...
Page xii
... condition of man , and that we ought to pass through life in a state of vigour , enjoying every day of our existence . It is imperiously our duty to study the best means of promoting so happy a condition . If we thank the Great Creator ...
... condition of man , and that we ought to pass through life in a state of vigour , enjoying every day of our existence . It is imperiously our duty to study the best means of promoting so happy a condition . If we thank the Great Creator ...
Page xiv
... condition that , but for intemperance and inactivity , he would in all probability have lived many years longer . Cornaro , on the other hand , had led a free life up to 40 years of age , when his health was so reduced that he was ...
... condition that , but for intemperance and inactivity , he would in all probability have lived many years longer . Cornaro , on the other hand , had led a free life up to 40 years of age , when his health was so reduced that he was ...
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... condition of man when at a state of maturity , and what his physical and mental condition when age has come upon him ? also to show how , when unaffected by disease or accident , he passes gradually from maturity to age , and sinks at ...
... condition of man when at a state of maturity , and what his physical and mental condition when age has come upon him ? also to show how , when unaffected by disease or accident , he passes gradually from maturity to age , and sinks at ...
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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.