DIET. 
“Kfe, than-a diet. which produces a greater degree of fenfibi- 
lity. On the contrary, in proof of the favourable nature of 
vegetable dict to mental exertion, he quote 
Co) that during 
writing his ae on ante which is generally 
thought to i the work in which his-genius difplayed itfelf 
in its fulleft force, he live d diet only, and 
that extremely fimple and be 
as the favourable meafure. 
temperate meal, even of animal food,-the mind is foon again 
adequate to its bef a. 
e-beft rule is to ufe thofe 
ion. . All the 
oy one fhort caution to give. Thofe who a it i acceding 
© pay any attention to their health at table, fhould take 
ae thac.the. quanti 
With refp 
ripe ftate ; cpectally, if faleen in re forenoon, or inltead of 
2 meal. t, like other agreeable and nutritious fubftances, 
it mvft prove injurious, when added to the load of the 
ftomach, after a plectiful meal. 
Mauch might be faid about the comparative phe s of 
i tek ee 
le 
t taken ee the 
i 
Xe 
“o 
a 
a 
ay 
373 §. 
“g 
jor] 
“ 
3 
9. 
ae 
liquid i is eeu required. by nature for the healthy digef- 
tion, and how much a free ufe of the mi'deft and moft un- 
-£xceptionable fees to promote corpulency, by promoting 
-giuttony. Dr. oe has laid down-a few fimple rules 
An refpe& to dri 
« The Iefler quantity of fermented liquors we accuftom 
oourfelves to the 
“ To abftain from fpirite of every kind, however diluted, 
.as much as.m 
cs ey mal, qlee beer agrees, to keep to it as 
_a bever. 
‘i Where a does not difagree to value the privilege, 
~and continu 
Like oh has been faid of diet in general, fo, likewife, 
un temptations-to the love of {pirituous liquors.” 
oc. cit 
Thus. alfo .the nonagenarian Dr. Heberden. * Potui 
tiflime unt cerevifia tenuis, et aqua pura. Spiritus, 
«qqu i vocatur vini, et vinum aqua 
mixtum, cane pejus et angue 
idunt vitanda, 
Etenim plures cognovi,.qui-horum ufu iea- 
fim fefe afluefecerunt regen —— giibus indies 
plone umptis revi omnino no otucrunt, 
abriis et fanis fai funt ebrioft - valetudinarii-3 
on pene quer corporum debilitate, graviffimas hujes 
rroris penas luentes.”?> Comment. loc. cit. See Drunke 
ia) 
ENNESS. 
There is another repaft which, fince the introdu&ion of 
tea, 1s become a kind of neceffary of life, and is as much €x- 
pected in every family as the other ofual meals themfelves. 
Upon the of tea and coffee, efpecialry when sg ve 
ome 
numerous individuals, and 
which, taken aaa and late, will altogether prevent 
fleep for many hours, in ftill greater numbers. But the 
notion of the warm nai relaxing and te the fto- 
mach, is probably deduced, erroneoufly, from the effects of 
warm water on inanimate ubjtances, aid from scp 
ing of the cuticle after long immerfion water 
1g eee a take eens to the Pomecl: an rae 3 been 
= 
ended, alor at purpofe, to invalids sang 
nee dyfp: ne or indige ftion. "8: e Saunders on the Liver.} 
In this view, then, a warm watery liquid may be atl to 
the digefting ftomach; and farther by diluting its contents, 
it muft facilitate the motions and co ommixture of them, and 
the better.s for he {weet. oe. pecan of any kind, ef- 
a eee?! with butter, muft rather retard oa aes than pro- 
mote it. Tor, if whilf the ftomach is performing its taflc, 
a fecond. elena of — added, although a a sere qua- 
lity, the whele mafs is augmented, and as the additional 
matter mult be afilated to the-chyle, now forming, the 
work of digeftion is impeded. 
The imagination of fo ome phyficians has wandered far to 
defcribe the mifchiefs of this fuppofed enervating liquor, 
pat ; and they would reprefent the piure as truly alarming. 
«© Tea,” fays a fenfible popular writer, ‘ will induce a a 
ple of this country. 
reat way towards effeGing that evil “e 
ebili ity, and co pei aden irritability of fibre, are 
ecome fo common, that not only women, but even men a 
oie with en. That ‘late of difeafes, which, for en 
a better name, we call nervous, has made almoft a com- 
pice conquelt of the one fex, and is cei hafty firides to- 
wards vanquifhing the ae 5 aa It has been fre. 
° 
denham, from the. fam 
matory fevers, we -now w fee 
companied by debility. 
le 
Sydenham has delcribed a moft ample c sclerue of nervous 
Aiforders under the head of hhypochondvisis ; and the mea- 
fles and fmall-pox are juft as inflammatory now, as in 
the 
time-of that able phyfician. “Os if a change be admitted to 
have 
