Complete Record - Heirs of Hippocrates No. 598.6

THOMAS TRYON (1634-1703) Dialogue between an East-Indian brackmanny, or, heathen-philosopher, and a French-gentleman, concerning the present affairs in Europe. Printed for D. Newman and R. Baldwin 1691 [16], 500, [2], 18 p. 19 cm.

Both editions of The Way to Health were issued with the additional Dialogue, containing Ovid’s verses on abstention from eating flesh. Thomas Tryon was an early advocate of vegetarianism. Mystical and more than a little puritanical, he was influenced by Pythagoras and the spiritual writings of Behmen. He recommended a vegetable diet, abstinence from tobacco, alcohol, all luxuries, and notably believed in the efficacy of music in healing.

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Cited references: Osler 5527; Cushing T170; NLM 17th c. #11985

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