Note 36 — PART I. OF THE GENERAL CAUSES OF DISEASES. (continued 2)
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Men of every occupation, and in every situation of life, have lived to a good old age; nay some have enjoyed this blessing whose plan of living was by no means regular: but it consists with observation, that all very old men have been early risers. This is the only circumstance attending longevity, to which I never knew an exception.