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in thoſe Countries, where the healing Art is moſt neglected, the mean Duration of Man's Life is ſhorter than in thoſe, where it is moſt cultivated? And how is it poſſible this ſhould be the Caſe, if we inflict more Diſeaſes upon ourſelves than Medicine can ſupply us with Remedies! The extreme Inequalities in the Manner of Living of the ſeveral Claſſes of Mankind, the Exceſs of Idleneſs in ſome, and of Labour in others, the Facility of irritating and ſatisfying our Senſuality and our Appetites, the too exquiſite and out of the way Aliments of the Rich, which fill them with fiery Juices, and bring on Indigeſtions, the unwholeſome Food of the Poor, of which even, bad as it is, they very often fall ſhort, and the want of which tempts them, every Opportunity that offers, to eat greedily and overload their Stomachs; Watchings, Exceſſes of every Kind, immoderate Tranſports of all the Paſſions, Fatigues, Waſte of Spirits, in a