ISBN:
9780429879258
Language:
English
Pages:
1 online resource (335 pages)
Series Statement:
Routledge Studies in the History of Science, Technology and Medicine Ser.
Parallel Title:
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DDC:
306.08999999999997
Keywords:
Electronic books
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Lifestyles-History
Abstract:
Cover -- Half Title -- Series Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Frontispiece -- Table of Contents -- List of illustrations -- List of contributors -- Acknowledgements -- Chapter 1 "The most valuable part of medicine": The six non-naturals in the long eighteenth century -- Introduction -- The six non-naturals -- An Enlightenment in regimen? -- Outline of this volume -- Notes -- References -- Part 1 Airs, waters and places -- Chapter 2 The body is a barometer: Dutch doctors on healthy weather and strong constitutions -- Extreme weather -- The noxious powers of the atmosphere -- Dutch constitutions -- The body is a barometer -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 3 Hot climate and health care: Tropical regions in the Dutch Atlantic, c.1600-c.1800 -- Introduction -- Confronting the hot climate -- Hot airs and constitution -- How to gain the knowledge to adapt to the hot climate -- The case of Abraham Titsingh -- Adapting to the hot climate: transformations in Dutch Guyana -- Conclusion -- Note -- References -- Part 2 Food and drink -- Chapter 4 Eating after the climacteric: Food, gender and ageing in the long eighteenth century -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 5 The impossible ideal of moderation: Food, drink, and longevity -- Moderation as philosophy and practice -- The long-life tradition from Cornaro to Cheyne -- "Rich soop, high sauces," and the curse of empire -- How much is too much? Quantifying moderation -- Conclusion -- Acknowledgements -- Note -- References -- Part 3 Exercise and rest -- Chapter 6 "For it is the debilitating fibres that exercise restores": Movement, morality and moderation in eighteenth-century medical advice literature -- Introduction -- Exercise and the body oeconomy: fibres, fluids and nerves -- Exertion, morality and moderation -- Exercise for weak bodies -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography.
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