Sinclair, Sir John The Code of Health and Longevity; or, a concise view of the principlescalculated for the preservation of health, and the attainment of long life... Edinburgh: Printed for Arch. Constable & Co, 1807 Pioneering and comprehensive work on gerontology,containing a bibliography of 1800 works on aging, "supplemented by abstracts, translated excerpts from ancient authors, national data, consilia, personal communications, some gossip, and pictures of many old people" (Freeman, p. 81). Sinclair, a lawyer and member of Parliament, was called "the most indefatigable man in Britain"; he wrote voluminously on many subjects. Volume I includes an Appendix on Captain Cook's Method of Preserving the Health of his Seamen From the library of Dr. Ernst L. Wynder, co-author of the first large-scale study of smoking and lung cancer (JAMA 143:329) and FOUNDING EDITOR of the journal, Preventive Medicine (PREVENTIVE MEDICINE) First edition. 4 vols., 8vo. Frontispieces in vols. I-III. Pp. [iv], 766, 18, 2 [ads]; xvii, 303, 283; xi, 485, [486, errata], xvi [ads], 4, [ads]; iv, 564, 24 [index]. Original blue boards, with paper labels, uncut. Some wear, boards of vol. 1 loosened. With a 7-page contemporary advertisement for N. Paul and Co., manufacturers of Artificial Mineral Waters loosely inserted in vol. IV. Garrison-Morton 1602.1; Freeman, Aging: The History and Literature, 81 Price: USD 2,000.00 other currencies   order no. 213218    inquire

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