MACROBIOTICS
or
THE ART OF EXTENDING HUMAN LIFE
by HUFELAND
translated by
A work in two parts
Translated from the German language by Tomasz Krauze
In Wraszawa, 1828, by Lątkiewicz Publishing and Printing, pp. 189; 237, [1]; format 13x19.5 cm
Christoph Wilhelm Friedrich Hufeland (born August 12, 1762 in Langensalza, died August 25, 1836 in Berlin) was a German physician who coined the term macrobiotics.
Hufeland was the personal physician to King Friedrich Wilhelm III of Prussia.
His most widely known work is Macrobiotics is the art of prolonging human life (Makrobiotik oder Die Kunst, das menschliche Leben zu verlängern, 1796).
Content:
Ch. I: HISTORY OF THEY SCIENCE
In the Egyptians and Greeks. Gerocomics. Gymnastics. Hermippus. What it was in the middle ages. Theophrastus, Paracelsus. Astrology. Talismans or characters. Thurneisen. Cornaro, and his crude Dyeta, Napuszczanie Kriwe zwierzęcey. Bacon, St. Germain, Mesmer, Cagliostro, Graham.
Ch. II: THE SURVIVAL OF THE BEGINNING AND LIVING OF LIFE IN THE FUTURE.
Ownership and rights of the beginning of life. The definition of life. The extinction of life. accidents necessary from the action of life itself. the end of life. The cause of the duration of life. Delay of the extinction of life. The similarity of the pzlongation of life. Life exerting and powering life. Sleeping
Ch. III: the duration of plant life.
Difference in duration. Annual plants. Persistent plants. Experiments used to colicity the reason for their persistence showing. What accidents from here. The application of the principles mainlyy to extend life. Influences of significant fertility and breeding on plant longevity.
Chapter IV: longevity of animal life.
Observations relative to animal-plants. Worms, Reptiles, Foreguts, Transformations. Manner of important life extension, Earth-water, Fish, Birds, Suckling animals. Hence the influence of maturity and growth on life span. The influence of the perfection or imperfection of organization. About me or more rapid destruction of life. Of comfort.
Ch. V: THE LIVING OF HUMAN LIFE.
Explanation of the Late Patristic Age, seemingly so dissimilar to faith. The antiquity of the world has no bearing on the age of people. Examples of the lusty age in the Jews, Greeks, Romans. Investigation of the population under Vespasian, Examples of the Fire Age among Emperors, Kings and Popes. Frederick II. Hermits and Monks. Philosophers and Writers. Poets and Artists. The Age of the Fertile is among Farmers, Riflemen, Ogrodniks, Soldiers, and Maytkas. Mniey miey between Doctors. Life naykrodsze. Age difference according to the zones of diversity.
Chapter VI: CONCLUSIONS FROM EXPERIENCE - THE END OF HUMAN LIFE.
Mortality in general did not hinge on the old age of some people. Location, Climates, moderate air affect life expectancy. Islands and peninsulas. Countries in Europe more favorable to longevity of life. Benefits of simple living. Two causes of treaźniey mortality. Temperance in all things greatly contributes to prolongation of life. Marriage. Difference of both sexes. Active life. A simple way of life. Civility. Rural life. Non-mixed rejuvenation in human beings. The end of human life. Its duration inevitable and relative. Tabella of prolonged life.
Ch. VII: A DEEPER DISCUSSION OF HUMAN LIFE, ITS MAIN ERA, AND THE IMPACT THAT HIGHER AND RELATIVE PERIODS HAVE ON ITS LIVING
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Ch. VIII: PERSONAL PRINCIPLES, AND INDICATES OF THE LIVES OF SEPARATE PERSONS
The chief dispositions for a long life. Good stomach, good digestive tools. Good teeth, Breasts well organized. Heart not overly irritable, Abundance of natural forces to feed and heal.....
Roz XIX: A DISCUSSION OF THE VARIOUS WAYS OF PROLONGING LIFE - THE ONLY ONE THAT CAN BE USED, AND AS IT AGREES WITH NATURE, THE ONLY ONE THAT AGREES WITH NATURE
Elysers of life, tinctures of gold, essencye miraculous, &c. Preservation of the organ, rest and suspension of the action of life. Postpone all causes of disease and internal cachexia, Live fast. The only way to prolong life.......
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