Via recta ad vitam longam, or A plaine philosophical discourse of the nature, faculties, and effects, of all such things, as by way of nourishments, and dieteticall obseruations, make for the preseruation of health with their iust applications vnto euery age, constitution of bodie, and time of yeare. Wherein also, by way of introduction, the nature and choice of habitable places, with the true vse of our famous bathes of Bathe is perspicuously demonstrated. By To: Venner, Doctor of Physicke, at Bathe in the spring, and fall, and at other times in the burrough of North-Petherton neere to the ancient hauen-towne of Bridgewater in Somerset-shire.
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- Via recta ad vitam longam, or A plaine philosophical discourse of the nature, faculties, and effects, of all such things, as by way of nourishments, and dieteticall obseruations, make for the preseruation of health with their iust applications vnto euery age, constitution of bodie, and time of yeare. Wherein also, by way of introduction, the nature and choice of habitable places, with the true vse of our famous bathes of Bathe is perspicuously demonstrated. By To: Venner, Doctor of Physicke, at Bathe in the spring, and fall, and at other times in the burrough of North-Petherton neere to the ancient hauen-towne of Bridgewater in Somerset-shire.
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- Venner, Tobias, 1577-1660.
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- London :: Printed by Edward Griffin for Richard Moore, and are to be sold at his shop in St Dunstans church-yard in Fleet-street,
- 1620.
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Contents
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- TO THE RIGHT HONORABLE, FRANCIS, LORD VERVLAM, LORD High Chancellour of England, &c.
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OF THE NATVRE AND CHOISE OF HABITABLE PLACES.
- Whether a temperate aire be the best and wholsomest for the preseruation of life?
- Whether the habitation that is somewhat eminent, be for health the best approued?
- Why are those that inhabit eminent places in a free and open aire, of a more long and healthy life, and also of a more acute, ge∣nerous, and magnificent minde, then those that inhabit croo∣ked, low, and marish places?
- Whether fountaine water, in goodnesse and wholsomnesse, excell other waters?
- Whether Snow waters be in goodnesse matchable to riuer water?
- Whether in waters that are naturally warme, which wee call hot Bathes, it be healthfull for healthy men to bathe?
- OF THE DIVERS kindes of Bread. SECT. I.
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OF THE DIVERS kindes of Drinke. SECT. II.
- Whether it be wholsome for northerne people, that inhabit cold countries, to drinke water at their meales, in steed of Beere?
- What, in generall are the commodities of wine?
- How many precepts ought there to be obserued in the exhi∣biting of pure wine in respect of the age.
- Whether the vse of Wine mixed with water be fit for all times and profitable for all bodies?
- Whether it be expedient for health to be drunke with wine once or twise in a moneth?
- Whether Beere be more wholesome then Ale?
- How many properties ought there to be in the best and wholesomest Beere?
- Whether Cyder and Perrie are for common vse wholsome and profitable drinkes?
- Whether Metheglin and Meath are wholsome for euerie age and constitution of bodie?
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Whether
Aqua vitae be good and agreeable for all bodies.
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OF THE FLESH OF Beasts and Fowles. SECT. III.
- Whether all Beasts and Fowles, are for goodnesse of meat, more wholsome being young, then when they are growen vnto ful∣ler age?
- Whether flesh that is corned and seasoned with salt, be wholsomer then that which is unsalted?
- Why is that flesh which is meanely or competently fat, more whole some and more nourishing then that which is very fat, or leane?
- Whether Kids flesh be better then Lambe? And whether Lambe then Mutton?
- Whether Veale for goodnes of nourishment be better then Beefe?
- Whether Swines flesh be no lesse wholesome, then it was estimated to be, by most of the ancient Physitions?
- Whether Venison of Fallow Deere be wholesomer then that of Red Deere? And whether the flesh of Conies be better then them both?
- Whether Hares are so profitable for meat, as they are delightfull for hunting?
- Why is Goats flesh accounted unwholsome, seeing that Kid is of a very commendable nourishment, as hath beene shewed?
- Whether doth the Capon, for goodnesse and wholsomnesse of flesh, excell all other domesticke Fowles?
- Whether doth the Phesant, for sweetnesse and wholsomnesse, ex∣cell all other wilde and syluestriall birds? And whether the Teale all other water fowle?
- Whether the parts of Beasts and Fowles, besides the flesh, as the Braine, the liuer, the heart &c. giue good and profitable nourishment to the bodie?
- OF FISH. SECT. IV.
- Of Egges and Milke. SECT. V.
- Of Sauces and Spices. SECT. VI.
- OF FRVITS, ROOTS, and HEARBES, that serue for meat, and are vsually eaten. SECT. VII.
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OF THE MANNER and Custome of Diet. SECT. VIII.
- Whether a precise and exquisite manner of Diet be best for the preseruation of health?
- Whether it be good for the preseruation of health neuer to eat without acertaine appetite and desire?
- Whether it be good to prouoke with Sauces an appetite to meats, the stomacke being well and natu∣rally affected?
- Whether meats much desired, albeit not laudable, are to be preferred and eaten, before such as are better, being not desired?
- How manythings ought such as are studious of their health, spe∣cially to respect, in electing meats conuenient for their nature and constitution?
- Whether the ordinary vse of two meales in a day, be best for the preseruation of health?
- Whether the eating of one or of diuers sorts of meats at a meale are alike profitable for the health of the bodie?
- Whether it be better to suppe more liberally, then to dine?
- Whether it be better to begin, and also to end the meale with meat, then with drinke?
- How many things ought those that are studious of their health, to obserue in the vse of drinke?
- Whether the drinking of wine at meales onely, betweene the ea∣ting, and not also before and after meale, bee expedient and profitable for the body?
- Whether it be profitable, or in any sort necessary for such as are in health, to drinke betweene meales?
- Whether the custome of drinking fasting in the mornings, and and like wise evenings, even at the time of going to bed, bee to be approoued and consented vnto?
- ERRATA.
- A Table directing to the principall things conteined in this Treatise.