The Code of Health and Longevity

APPEND I X . js beft. If any perfon accuftomedto drink wine would trj- jnalt liquor for a month, he would find himfelf much the better for it. 4. Eight hours fleep is neceflary, thoughmuch depends upon l^abif. People who take a gpod deal of exercife mull have yeft. 5. Any gentleman during training, may occgfipnally read; but in general,boxers, &c. areemployed in cricket, and other a&ive amufements. In Brpughton's time they were ufed to havp mulic, which is very proper, and dan­ cing, if they like. The mind is diverted from intenfe employment. They play quoits, which is a fine exer- ^ife. If a mufcular man in training gets much thinner, his exercife muft be reduced, but if he gets fatter, it is ^ proof it agree?with im. 6. Nervous difordersare always prevented ; I have ne­ ver feen an inftanceof nervous diforders in trainedperfons. 7. Palfy prevented by the fame means. There never was an inflance of a trained perfon paralytic, which is fuppofed to proceed from want of exercife. The blood is fo fine and thin that difordersof this nature are obvi­ ated. Perfpiration is particularly good, which improves the wind. Perfpiration from exercife never weakens. Boxing is the beil exercife of any, from exercifing all the members of the body. Fencing occupies only one fide. Moil people are right-handed, and the exercife is partial, but boxing calls both arms into aclion, and both hands mull be equally employed both in hitting and parry­ ing. In this fpecies of exercife, the mind alfo muft necef- farily be more occupied. 8. By training, the mental faculties are alfo improved. The attention is more ready and the perceptions more acute,