A lifestyle guide to longevity and good health – from 1750. Writing in an age when the majority of men didn’t live to see their fiftieth birthday, John Hill provides practical advice on diet, exercise and lifestyle, including sleep and emotional health. Full of genuinely good advice, the book offers sage insights as well as ridiculous regimes – making it a perfect gift for a man of more mature years.

John Hill was a mid-eighteenth-century physician and actor, who published prolifically on the natural sciences.

Author: John Hill

Brand: British Library Publishing

Number of pages: 80 pages

Binding: Hardback

Dimensions: 163 x 100 mm