The influence of civic life, sedentary habits and intellectual refinement on human health and human happiness / by James Johnson.

  • Johnson, James, 1777-1845.
Date:
1818
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Credit: The influence of civic life, sedentary habits and intellectual refinement on human health and human happiness / by James Johnson. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by Royal College of Physicians, London. The original may be consulted at Royal College of Physicians, London.

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    THE influence; CIVIC LJFEj SEDENTARY HABITS^ AND 31nteUtctiifll iRtflnement, ON HUMAN HEALTH, AND HUMAN HAPPINESS. In all ages Man has evinced ^gregarious im- pulse. As most animals do the same, and as the lower and weaker orders of these seem to associate for the sake of mutual defence, a similar object has been considered the reason of our species uniting and congregating in cities and societies. It would not appear, however, that fear is the principal operating cause of this impulse, either in man or ani- mals. In the bosom of civilized society, and in the security of peace, we see this power- ful inclination to associate unfolded in every stage of life, from the cradle to the grave. It must, therefore, be a dictate of Nature and B