The Code of Health and Longevity

9 4 - APPEND I X . the emetic and phyfic at the commencement. The ob- jeft is partly to get all the fuperfluities away, either of blood or any thing elfe, and alfo to promote good digef- tion afterwards. No man with agreat belly can breathe freely. The diet is firaple ; animal food alone : and it is re­ commended to take very little fait andfome vinegar with the food, which prevents thirft, and is good to promote leannefs. Vegetables are never given, as turnips, or car­ rots, which are difficult to digeft, nor potatoes, which are watery. But bread is allowed, only it rnuft be ft^le. They breakfafl upon meat about eight o'clock, and dine at two. Suppers are not recommended, but they may take a bifcuit and a little cold meat, about eight o'clock, two hours before they go to bed. It is reckoned much againft a man's wind to go to bed with a full ftomach, and they in general take a walk after fupper. Some people will have tea, but it is not recommended, nor is it strengthening, and no liquor is given warm. Full and fubftantial meals are given atbreakfaft and dinner. Beef andmutton are beft. It is contended, that there is more nourifhment in the lean of meat than the fat, which is fully proved by experiment, fat being of a greafy nature, causes bile, and fouls the ftomach. The lean of fat meat is befl. Veal and lamb are never given, nor is pork, which has a tendency to purge fome people. The legs of fowls, being very linewy, aremuch approved of. The yolk of a raw egg is reckoned the beft thing in a morn­ ing, and is fuppofed to prevent bilious complaints. Beef fteaks are reckoned very good, and ratherunder done thanotherwise, as all meat in general is : and it is better to have the meat broiled, thanroafted or boiled, by which nutriment is loft. No fifti whatever is allowed, becaufe it is reckoned watery, and not to be compared with