A Guide to Health Through the Various Stages of Life… The Whole Illustrated with Useful Annotations, Methodically and Succinctly Digested, and Confirmed by the Authority of The most Celebrated Authors, both Ancient and Modern.

A Guide to Health Through the Various Stages of Life… The Whole Illustrated with Useful Annotations, Methodically and Succinctly Digested, and Confirmed by the Authority of The most Celebrated Authors, both Ancient and Modern by Dr Bernard Lynch.

8vo.(4.75" x 7.75") xxxii + 480 pp. 1744, London: Printed for The Author, et al.: Full brown mottled leather with double gilt rule framing boards. Spine with five gilt rule bordered raised bands, gilt lettering to red leather in second compartment. All edges speckled red. Edgewear corners bumped and rubbed with loss. Three tips, head and foot of spine chipped with loss to foot. Joints starting, mostly to foot, boards still securely attached. Leather peeled at lower corner of upper board. Pages evenly toned with some marginal foxing. Two prior owners names in old ink neatly to title page, not affecting text. With Subscriber list towards front of text. Overall, a good looking book.

"A Guide to Health Through the Various Stages of Life" by Dr. Bernard Lynch is an early medical work addressing health and well-being throughout the human lifespan. The book discusses aging and longevity, diet and food, air, sleep and waking, exercise and rest, the passions of the mind, acute and chronic diseases, medicinal and dietetic treatments, bathing, and friction. Drawing upon the authorities of celebrated ancient and modern authors, Lynch presents a comprehensive 18th-century approach to maintaining health and understanding disease.