ON THE DECLINE OF LIFE IN HEALTH AND DISEASE, BEING AN ATTEMPT TO INVESTIGATE THE CAUSES OF LONGEVITY; Y AND THE BEST MEANS OF ATTAINING A HEALTHFUL OLD AGE. BY BARNARD VAN OVEN, M.D., FELLOW OF THE ROYAL MEDICAL AND CHIRURGICAL SOCIETY, &c. &c. Testautum Loi, et Scipio, senectuti est, ejusque vitia diligentia compensanda harautum tanquam contra morbum sic contra senectutem. Habenda a menaims utendum exercitationibus modicis tantum cibi et potionis adhi a was: who, atuam the end without the means, nay, by means which 1776 V27 1853 ΤΟ WILLIAM FERGUSSON, ESQ., PROFESSOR OF SURGERY AT KING'S COLLEGE; ΤΟ GEORGE F. WHIDBORNE, ESQ., AND TO RICHARD D. HARRIS, ESQ.; This Volume is Dedicated AS A TESTIMONY OF THE AUTHOR'S GRATITUDE FOR THEIR SKILFUL SERVICES DURING A LONG AND SERIOUS ILLNESS, AS A MARK OF HIS RESPECT FOR THEIR TALENTS AND ACQUIREMENTS, AND AS A TOKEN OF HIS PERSONAL ESTEEM AND REGARD. b |