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would be proper that when any perfon fhould be 

 attacked therewith, fuch perfon fhould be provided 

 with a feparate bed during the continuance of his 

 diforder. Cautions of this kind would be the bell 

 ceconomy, as diforders might then be checked at 

 their firft appearance, and prevented from fpreading. 



Excefs, or Irregularity in Diet, is the next fubjecl: 

 of thefe cautions. I have before mentioned fome 

 of the diforders likely to be produced hereby, but 

 mall now be more particular* Food may be confi- 

 dered with refpecx to its quantity and its quality. The 

 firft of thefe can only be meafured by a reafonable 

 attention to the appetite. What may no more than 

 fuffice for one man, may be great excefs in another ; 

 and in general what the appetite leads to, may be 

 confidered as the proper ftandard. But fome igno- 

 rant nifties are foolifh enough to imagine, that there 

 is a degree of credit annexed to the being able to 

 confume a larger quantity of victuals than is in the 

 power of other men ; and this beaftly prejudice, 

 which often produces fatal confequences, fhould be 

 as much as pofTible difcouraged, even by thofe who 

 practife hofpitality among the lower ranks of people. 

 It is certainly mean to offer to entertain any per- 

 fons, of whatfoever degree they may be, without 

 producing a fufficient quantity of wholfome pro- 



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