The old man's guide to health and longer life: with rules for diet, exercise, and physick; for preserving a good constitution, and preventing disorders in a bad one / [Anon].

  • Hill, John, 1714?-1775
Date:
[1758?]
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Credit: The old man's guide to health and longer life: with rules for diet, exercise, and physick; for preserving a good constitution, and preventing disorders in a bad one / [Anon]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    diffies cool and palled, will unqueftion- ably weaken their ftomachs: but this is not the cafe with fuch as are more care¬ ful. If the old man likes tea he need not deny it to himfelf for breakfaft. Let him ufe the plain green tea, of fixteen (hillings a pound ; and make it well: taking care water boils, and allowing fo much tea that it may be of fufficient (Length with¬ out (landing too long upon the leaves. This way we have the fpirit, flavour, and virtue of the plant; whereas weak, half cold, bad tea has juft the contrary qual- ties. Let the old man drink three moderate cups of this tea, with a little fugar and a good deal of milk ; and fwallow it neither too hot, nor mawkitbly coo!. Let him eat with it a thin flice or two of good bread, with a little butter 5 and he will find it nourifhing and excellent. The virtues of tea thus drank are as confiderable as its bad qualities when ill managed. In this manner, it (Lengthens the ftomach, and afiifts digeftion: it keeps the body from being empty without loading it: and the appetite for dinner will be the better, and the digeftion alfo more perfedl. To this we are to add, that tea in this quantity is fufficient for