[34] Joh. Alph. Rosset, theologiæ professor, & academiæ, hoc tempore, rector.
[35] The disorders of orators and singers are the same; but the bodies of these being open’d, have often shewn inflammations, suppurations, ulcers in the lungs; nay, the illustrious Morgagni saw a young man that had an excellent voice, whose wind-pipe and throat being affected, could swallow nothing, and, whilst he attempted to suck down the yolk of an egg, was suffocated and died. De sedib. & caus. tom. 1. p. 228.
[36] It often proves hurtful to men of learning themselves, when in an advanc’d age they pursue a new study; for this gives rise to a new order of ideas, which receives no assistance from all the traces before left upon the brain: new fibres must receive new motions, a laborious work to the organ already debilitated, and which often throws men of first-rate capacities into lingering disorders.
[37] Suetonius in vita Oct. Aug. cap. 82.
[38] Valerius Maximus, lib. 3. c. 6. p. 140.
[39] De education. pueror. cap. 12.
[40] De motu opt. corpor. medicin. § 9.
[41] De methodo, No. 6: There is likewise a remarkable passage in Moses Maimonides, one of the most ancient of the Arabian physicians. As life and health, says he, contribute greatly to the worship and knowledge of God; but a man in an ill state of health is unable to contemplate the works of God as he should do; a man ought to take particular care to avoid whatever is hurtful to his body, and should endeavour to procure whatever contributes to keep the body in health and strengthen it. De sanit. tuend. init.
[42] It must be acknowledged, that a man of learning, indefatigable in his studies, if he observes an exact regimen, innocent and moderate, will find the disadvantages attending his way of life more supportable than another. Felici dissertazioni, p. 203.
[43] Prælect. in instit. § 1036, tom. VII. p. 337.