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INTRODUCTORY REMARKS. 



" What a piece of work is a Man 1 How noble in reason I how infinite in 

 faculties ! in form and moving how express and admirable ! in action how like 

 an angel 1 in apprehension how like a god I" 



XENOPHOX, speaking of the studies that Socrates advised 

 people to pursue, says : 



" He earnestly recommended those who conversed with him 

 to take care of their HEALTH, both by learning whatever they 

 could respecting it from men of experience, and by attending to 

 it, each for himself, throughout his whole life, studying what 

 food or drink, or what exercise, or what clothing, was most 

 suitable for him, and how he might act in regard to them so as 

 to enjoy the best health." 



Socrates thought health attainable. He was right; for 

 though partly dependent on inherited constitution and the care 

 taken of childhood, its preservation and improvement are to a 

 great degree under the control of each person. 



Socrates also thought health of such great importance in daily 

 life, that no person should wait for his own experience to in- 

 struct him, but should avail himself pf that of others. Again 

 he was right ; for health is a means as well as an end, to be used 

 and enjoyed as well in the earlier as in the later periods of 

 life. 



In those days, the uncertain experience of even many persons 

 cast but a feeble light, where now the developments of science 

 completely illuminate the laws of health. Had Socrates lived in 

 these days of the maturity of Anatomy, Physiology, Chemistry, 

 and kindred branches, then in infancy or even unborn, with 



