Excerpt from Annals of Health and Long Life, 1818 As temperance in our mode of living, for the purposes of promoting health, is of the greatest importance, we have, in the First Part of the present work, containing Annals of Health, laid down rules for a proper regimen, by following which many have recovered from dangerous disorders, and prolonged their lives to extreme old age: in fact, by intemperance the seeds of dissolution are quickly sown, and the'fool ish vices of gluttony and inebriation hasten the decease of many who might otherwise continue an ornament to society for many years. T. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.