 | 1858 - 374 pages
...the mean of the minima of the last winter (1857—58) was still lower. Herodotus thus writes : — " The Egyptians, next to the Libyans, are the most healthy...the seasons, because they are not liable to change;" and it would appear from the inscriptions on the tombs, and similar sources of information, that the... | |
 | 1851 - 534 pages
...irregularities, for they suppose, remarks this accurate observer, ' that all diseases to which men are subject proceed from the food they use. And indeed, in other...Libyans, are the most healthy people in the world.'" Mr. Kenrick devotes his second volume almost entirely to a careful analysis of the dynastic lists of... | |
 | John Kitto - 1851 - 538 pages
...irregularities, for they suppose, remarks this accurate observer, ' that all diseases to which men are subject proceed from the food they use. And indeed, in other respects the Egyptians, next to tho Libyans, are the most healthy people in the world.'" Mr. Kenrick devotes his second volume almost... | |
 | Literary and Philosophical Society of Liverpool - 1857 - 816 pages
...suppose that all diseases to which men are subject proceed from the food they use. And, indeed, in ether respects the Egyptians, next to the Libyans, are the most healthy people in tho world, as I think, on account of the seasons." He theu describes their mode of living, and states... | |
 | 1858 - 750 pages
...the mean of the minima of the last winter (1857-58) was still lower. Herodotus thus writes:—"The Egyptians, next to the Libyans, are the most healthy...the seasons, because they are not liable to change;" and it would appear from the inscriptions on the tombs, and similar sources of information, that the... | |
 | Literary and philosophical society of Liverpool - 1858 - 1248 pages
...suppose that all diseases to which men are subject proceed from the food they use. And, indeed, in ether respects the Egyptians, next to the Libyans, are the...the world, as I think, on account of the seasons." He then describes their mode of living, and states that " they use wine made of barley, for they have... | |
 | Literary and Philosophical Society of Liverpool - 1858 - 658 pages
...suppose that all diseases to which men are subject proceed from the food they use. And, indeed, in ether respects the Egyptians, next to the Libyans, are the most healthy people in tho world, as I think, on account of the seasons." He then describes their mode of living, and states... | |
 | Herodotus - 1901 - 626 pages
...preserve health by emetics and clysters, for jhey suppose that all diseases to which men are subject proceed from the food they use. And indeed in other...healthy people in the world, as I think, on account of tire seasons, because they are not liable to change ; for men are most subject to disease at periods... | |
 | 1903 - 898 pages
...preserve health by emetics and clysters, for they suppose that all diseases to which men are subject proceed from the food they use. And, indeed, in other respects the Egyptians, next to the Lybiaus, are the most healthy people in the world, as I think on account of the seasons, because they... | |
 | Fielding Hudson Garrison - 1913 - 772 pages
...preserve health by emetics and clysters; for they suppose that all diseases to which men are subject proceed from the food they use. And, indeed, in other...account of the seasons, because they are not liable to change."3 This view of the old historian does not harmonize with the great frequency of rheumatoid... | |
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They purge themselves every month, three days in succession," says Herodotus, "seeking to preserve health by emetics and clysters; for they suppose that all diseases to which men are subject proceed from the food they use. And, indeed, in other respects,... 
