The guardian of health, long life, and happiness!, or, The whole art of preventing and curing diseases ... to which is now first added, the Christian's universal prayer! with a preface. exhibiting a short sketch of Dr. Graham's religious principles, and moral sentiments ... / by James Graham.

Graham, James, 1745-1794.

Date:: [1784]

Credit: The guardian of health, long life, and happiness!, or, The whole art of preventing and curing diseases ... to which is now first added, the Christian's universal prayer! with a preface. exhibiting a short sketch of Dr. Graham's religious principles, and moral sentiments ... / by James Graham. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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$ardian of Health, Long-Life, and Happinefs! Doctor G R A H A M * s il:*/ Direftions as to Regimen, See. for the cure of moR D iReaper, for the ** Nervation of Health, for the happy pr olongation of Life, and for the en~ \ent of temporal Peace, and eternal Felicity; ajfeftionately addrejfed to y rsafonahle and candid perfon who nisi floes to he healthy, refpeflablc, and ■y happy both here and hereafter, \fly Dear Fellow Creatures, .1 confider regimen, or your general manner of living and conducing •ourfelves, to be of far greater confeqnence to your recovery and pre- m of pure, mild, cool blood and j jices, and of balmy, fheathed, • nerves; (or, in other words, of bodily health and firmnefs, and of contentment, ferenity and chearfulnels,) than loads of harfh and s medicines, from common Dotfors and Apothecaries, I will begin effing you with thofe rules that I know, by reafon and by experience, allibly procure and preferve to you thole greateft of all fublunary ; and conclude with a very fhort account of my domeftic cabinet of iated medicines, which I can moft cordially recommend as the lafelf,' d moll efficacious in the world. then, pray, or lift up your mind continually and fervently towards y and night, to infpire you with a rational, well-grounded, and -d defire and determina'ion of living a pure, regular, healthy, ofeful, and benevolent life; and that he may blefs you with refo- purfue, with fleadlnefj and thankfulnefs, fuch plans of conduct, and , as his infinitely wife and fupremely good fpirit, operating oh your 50, may luggeft and approve; or as the more intelligent of your fel* ures may have the honour and the happinefs of pointing out to you. ur life be aftive, hurqble, ufeful. Go out of yourfelf~and blefs and py, not only your own family, friends and domeftics, but like wife ■ who come within the lphere of your acquaintance or *nfluences, - fmiles, your advices, your gentlenels, and your condefcending but your bounties and benevolencies mult not be confined to your •7 and friends, nor even to your own fpecies;—no; you mult pro- iake happy even your enemies, and all the dumb animals, and the ’tion (as they are called) about you. my friends! how good, how very good! the merciful, all-wife, fling God of nature has been to you. Hath he blelfed you with a d and a naturally healthy body? with good lenfe and mental pow- A 2 ers. 5 O' lf*f' j$