A LECTURE
ON THE
PRESERVATION
OF
_HEALTH_.

BY T. GARNETT, M.D.
Professor of Natural Philosophy and Chemistry in the
Royal Institution of Great Britain &c.

SECOND EDITION.

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Such the reward of rude and sober life;
Of labour such. By _health_ the peasant's toil
Is well repaid; if _exercise_ were pain
Indeed, and _temperance_ pain. _Armstrong_.


_LONDON_:
PRINTED FOR T. CADELL, JUNIOR, AND
W. DAVIES, STRAND. 1800.
(R. NOBLE, Printer, Old Bailey.)

_To ERASMUS DARWIN, M.D._

_Dear Sir,_

_THE first edition of this pamphlet having been introduced to the