Excerpt from Common Sense on Chronic Diseases: Or, a Rational Treatise on the Mechanical Cause and Cure of Most Chronic Affections of the Truncal Organs of Both Male and Female Systems, Embracing the Author's Views on Physical Education, and the Present Popular System on Artificial Life Others, again, address only the taste, and feed the volatile senses and passions; of course offering but few charms to those of a practical and moral cast of mind. Indeed, there is almost an infinite variety of character in the subjects chosen by different writers, and adapted to the varied tastes and wants of a diversified world; but, from religion, down to the most gro velling topic, there is but one theme that possesses a charm in its name and import - vibrates on every heart, and addresses every taste and turn of mind, from the devout religionist to the confirmed materialist, from the rich to the poor, the learned and the ignorant; that theme is the health of the human body. While every son and daughter of Adam continues to possess one common organization, and remain under one and the same set of laws; and while they all continue to feel in their bodies the effects of the fall, so long will there be a perpetual exposure to some variety or other of the physical woes, that, in their turn, afflict our fallen race; and, consequently, while the love of life or the fear of death, the desire of ease and dread of pain, hold their empire over man, so long will the subject of human health be important and interesting to all alike. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.