[Rarebooks] FS: Cheyne's ESSAY OF HEALTH AND LONG LIFE, 1725

[Charles Agvent]

CHEYNE, George. AN ESSAY OF HEALTH AND LONG LIFE. London: George 
Strahan, 1725. Second Edition. Blindstamped paneled calf; xx [24] 232 
pages. Chapters on proper diet, exercise, sleeping, etc. Aimed at the 
lay reader, much of Cheyne's advice was based upon his own hypochondria 
and continual struggle with obesity--at one time he weighed over 440 
pounds. In another work Cheyne described his hypochondria, which he 
blamed on the English weather, and estimated that a third of his 
patients were neurotic. Bitting (p. 86) cites only the 1727 French 
edition, noting it as rare. Crahan 268; Heirs of Hippocrates 761; Osler 
2303; Wellcome II, p. 338. Modern bookplate of Nellie Madeleine Brown, 
M.D. on the front free endpaper; spine label partly present. Some 
rubbing and edgewear, short splits in joints. Nice copy. (#002982)    
     $300.00

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