cise; rise
early, and go soon to bed; and if you are inclined to get fat, keep
your eyes open and your mouth shut,"

in other words, sleep moderately, and be abstemious in
diet;--excellent admonitions, more especially to these inclined to
corpulency.

1768. Corpulence.

The late Mr. William Banting, author of a "Letter on Corpulence,"
gives the following excellent advice, with a dietary for use in cases
of obesity (corpulence):

i. _Medicine._--None, save a morning cordial, as a corrective.

ii. Dietary.

_Breakfast._--Four or five ounces of beef, mutton, kidneys,
broiled fish, bacon, or any kind of cold meat except pork, a large
cup (or two) of tea without milk or sugar, a little biscuit or dry
toast.

_Dinner._--Five or six ounces of any fish except salmon, any meat
except pork, any vegetables except potatoes; one ounce of dry
toast; fruit out of a pudding; any kind of poultry or game, and
two or three glasses of claret or sherry. Port, champagne, and
beer forbidden.

_Tea._--Two or three ounces of fruit; a rusk or two, and a cup or
two of tea, without milk or sugar.

_Supper._--Three or four ounces of meat or fish as at dinner, with
a glass or two of claret.

_Nightcap_ (if required).--A glass or two of grog,--whisky, gin,
or brandy,--without sugar; or a glass or two of sherry.

Mr. Banting adds,

"Dietary is the principal point in the treatment of corpulence (also
in rheumatic diseases, and even in incipient paralysis). If properly
regulated, it becomes in a certain sense a medicine. It purifies the
blood, strengthens the muscles and viscera, and sweetens life if it
does not prolong it."

1769. Advantages of a Regular Life.

The advantages to be derived from a regular mode of living, with a
view to the preservation of health and life, are nowhere better
exemplified than in the precepts and practice of Plutarch, whose rules
for this purpose are excellent; and by observing them himself, he
maintained his bodily strength and mental faculties unimpaired to a
very advanced age. Galen is a still stronger proof of the advantages
of a regular plan, by means of which he is said to have reached the
great age of 140 years, without having ever experienced disease. His
advice to the readers of his "Treatise on Health" is as follows:

"I beseech