| Evidence: | 'He recommended Dr. Cheyne's books. I said, I thought Cheyne had been reckoned whimsical. "So he was, (said he,) in some things; but there is no end of objections. There are few books to which some objection or other may not be made." He added, "I would not have you read anything else of Cheyne, but his book on Health, and his 'English Malady'".' |
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| Century: | 1700-1799 | ||||||||||
| Date: | Until: 10 Apr 1776 | ||||||||||
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| Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
| Place: | n/a | ||||||||||
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| Reader: | Samuel Johnson |
| Age | Adult (18-100+) |
| Gender | Male |
| Date of Birth | 18 Sep 1709 |
| Socio-economic group: | Professional / academic / merchant / farmer |
| Occupation: | writer |
| Religion: | Anglican |
| Country of origin: | England |
| Country of experience: | n/a |
| Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
n/a |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Author: | George Cheyne |
| Title: | Essay on Health and Long Life |
| Genre: | Medicine |
| Form of Text: | Print: Book |
| Publication details: | n/a |
| Provenance: | unknown |
| Record ID: | 21598 | |
| Source - | ||
| Author: | James Boswell | |
| Editor: | R.W. Chapman | |
| Title: | Life of Johnson | |
| Place of Publication: | Oxford | |
| Date of Publication: | 1980 | |
| Vol: | n/a | |
| Page: | 736 | |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Citation: | James Boswell, R.W. Chapman (ed.), Life of Johnson (Oxford, 1980), p. 736, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=21598, accessed: 28 November 2023 | |
| Original date of publication 1791. |
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