[Rarebooks] FS: Cheyne's AN 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 leather; 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) $250

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