228 Bad EffeSis of Tea , and Opinions ^Doctors. 
If thefe Tons of esculapius, whom luxury has rendered fo 
ufeful and neceftary to us, were lefs methodical, more rational, 
and more attentive in their practice ; or if we fhould ever be- 
come fo virtuous, as to engage the favor of heaven, that thefe 
learned gentlemen fhould alfo become fo much better than the 
reft of mankind, as to think more of the advantage of others, 
than of their own : if this, I fay, fhould ever happen, I hum- 
bly apprehend that we fhould foon fee tea excluded the parlor, 
as many difhes which modern cookery has introduced, would 
be no longer permitted to enter the hall : plain diet, mode- 
rate meals, gentle exercife, regular reft, regular paftions, 
and cold water, all which being now but little regarded in 
common praftice, would then moft engage their care for the 
prefervation of mankind. Adieu. Iam yours, &c. 
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