14& An EJfay on Longevity* 



J T uvTev, of Sydenham, in Kent, who lived to be n 6*. For 

 $bove 50 years his breakfaft was balm tea fwceteneu with 

 honey, and pudding for dinner, by the ufe of which he ac- 

 quired long and regular health. 2. Judith Bannifter, aged 

 108. She lived upon bifcuit and apples, with milk and water, 

 t'i lifi 60 vc.irs of her life. 3. John lliva, of Venice, aged 

 Il6, always chewed citron-bark. 4. Elizabeth Macpherion, 

 or the county of Catthnefs, aged 116. Her diet was butter- 

 milk and greens. 5. Francis Confit, of Burythorpe, near 

 Malton, Yorkfhire, aged 150, occafionally ate a raw new-laid 

 egg. 6. Fluellyn Price, of Glamorgan, aged 108. Herb teas 

 were his breakfaft, meat plainly drelled his dinner, and inftead 

 ofafupper he refrefhed himfelf with a pipe of tobacco. 7. 

 Val. Cateby, of Prcfton, near Hull, aged 116. His diet for the 

 Jaft twenty years was milk and bifcuit. 8. Edward Drinker, 

 pf Philadelphia, aged 103. He lived on very folid food, drank 

 tea in the afternoon, but ate no fupper. 9. Lewis Morgan, 

 of Radnorfhire, aged 101 . He lived chiefly on vegetable diet, 

 and drank frequently of the famous rock water of Llandrindocj. 

 jo. Mr. Smith, of Montgomerythire, aged 103. He was 

 never known to drink any thing but buttermilk. 11. Willi- 

 am Riddle, of Selkirk, in Scotland, aged 116. For the laft: 

 two vears of his life, his chief fubfiftence was a little bread 

 infixed in fpirits and ale. 13. Honourable Mrs. Watkins, of 

 Glamorganfhire, aged I jo. For the laft 30 years fhe fub- 

 fifted entiely on potatoes. 13. Rebecca Joieph, of Mon- 

 jnnuthfhire, aged joo. Her chief fubiiftence, for the laft two 

 years of her life, was brown fugar and cold water. 34. Charles 

 Macklin, Efq. of London, aged 107. For the laft 40 years 

 of his life, his principal beverage was white wine and water, 

 made pretty fweet; and after he had loft his teeth, his food 

 principally confided of fifti, eggs, puddings, and fpoon-meat. 

 Having been attacked by a fevere fit of the rheumatifm, he 

 difcontinued the ufe of fheets, and flept in blankets. He ufed 

 to be frequently rubbed all over with warm brandy or gin, 

 (which feems to be a good practice for aged people,) and oeca- 

 fionaMy iteeped his feet in warm water. It was his cuftom 

 not to deep on a feather bed, but on a mattrefs, on a couch 

 without curtains, placed in the centre of the room, upon which 

 he repofed whenever he found himfelf lleepy. Infieadof at- 

 tending to regularity, he obferved the dictates of nature, ate 

 when hungry, drank when third y, and ilept when nature 

 feemed to require repofe. 



Among practices which might be of fervice to aged peo- 

 ple, 1 mould imagine that rubbing the body with oil would be 

 particularly ufeful. It might tend to prcferve the (kin in a 



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