A Comparative View of the State And Faculties of Man With Those of the Animal World
The book A Comparative View of the State And Faculties of Man With Those of the Animal World was written by author Gregory, John, 1724-1773 Here you can read free online of A Comparative View of the State And Faculties of Man With Those of the Animal World book, rate and share your impressions in comments. If you don't know what to write, just answer the question: Why is A Comparative View of the State And Faculties of Man With Those of the Animal World a good or bad book?
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Notwithflanding the variety of ab- furd and unnatural cuftoms that pre- vail among barbarous nations, they are not fickly as we are, becaufe the hardinefs of their conftitutions en- ables them to bear all excefles. The women who inhabit the ifthmus of America are plunged in cold water, a Jong [ 57 J along with their Iiifaats, iminnediate=- ly after their delivery, without any bad Gonfequence. AH thofe dif- eafes which arife froitb catching of cold, or a fudden check given to the perfpiration, a...re found orily aiiiong the civilized part of Mankind. Ao old Roman or an Indian, in the pur- fuits of war or huntings would plunge into a rivet whi 1ft in a pro- fufe fweat, without fear and without danger. A limilar hardy education would make us all equally proof againft the bad effeds of fuch acci- dents. — The. greater care we take to prevent catching cold, by the vari- ous contrivancesof mddern luxury, the more we become fubjefted to it. "—We can guard againft cold only by rendering ourfelves fuperior to its ^influence.
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