Travels through some parts of Germany, Poland, Moldavia, and Turkey . ess the messenger broughtat the same time, the usual equivalent of golden sequins. StillTurkey is a country in which instances of longevity are com-mon. The use of the vapour bath, if not too frequently re-peated, repels the approaches of old age : abstinence from wineand spirits preserves the vigour and tone of the stomach, andgout, rheumatism, cutaneous diseases, and most other chronicalcomplaints, are comparatively very rare. Consumptions arenot unfrequent, and generally they are as fatal as elsewhere ; al-though the Turk
Travels through some parts of Germany, Poland, Moldavia, and Turkey . ess the messenger broughtat the same time, the usual equivalent of golden sequins. StillTurkey is a country in which instances of longevity are com-mon. The use of the vapour bath, if not too frequently re-peated, repels the approaches of old age : abstinence from wineand spirits preserves the vigour and tone of the stomach, andgout, rheumatism, cutaneous diseases, and most other chronicalcomplaints, are comparatively very rare. Consumptions arenot unfrequent, and generally they are as fatal as elsewhere ; al-though the Turks have a popular remedy, which, in some in-stances, I have observed to be beneficial, namely, a few grains ofpitch, made into pills, and administered several times a similar mode of cure has, I understand, been long employedby the Scottish peasantry. The decoction of the sprouts of theyoung pine has been strongly recommended by the late , of Eden, who is said to have been very successfulin the exhibition of this simple medicine. Oriental nations.
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