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Hygëia; Or, Essays Moral and Medical on the Causes Affecting the Personal ... - Page 40
by Thomas Beddoes - 1802
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On education [ed. by G. Nicholson].

Education, George Nicholson - 1805 - 276 pages
...been heated by exercise in thesun, is an imprudence which may prove fatal. I once knew an instance of four young men, who, having worked at harvest in the heat of the day, with a view of refreshing themselves, plunged into a spring of cold water: two died upon the spot,...
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The Works of the Late Dr. Benjamin Franklin: Consisting of His Life Written ...

Benjamin Franklin - 1807 - 310 pages
...been heated by exercise in the sun, is an impmdence which may prove fatal. I once knew an instance of four young men, who having worked at harvest in the heat of the day, with a view of refreshing themselves plunged into a spring of cold water : two died upon the spot,...
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The Essays, Humourous, Moral and Literary: Of the Late Benjamin Franklin

Benjamin Franklin - 1811 - 190 pages
...been heated by exercise in the sun, is an imprudence which may prove fatal. I once knew an instance of four young men, who having worked at harvest in the heat of the day, with a view of refreshing themselves plunged into a spring of cold water : two died upon the spot,...
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The Essays, Humourous, Moral and Literary: Of the Late Benjamin Franklin

Benjamin Franklin - 1811 - 196 pages
...been heated by exercise in the sun, is an imprudence which may prove fatal. I once knew an instance of four young men, who having worked at harvest in the heat of the day, with a view of refreshing themselves plunged into a spring of cold water : two died upon the spot,...
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Memoir of His Own Life

Roger Lamb - 1811 - 310 pages
...body has been heated in the sun, is an imprudence which may prove fatal. I once knew an instance of four young men, who having worked at harvest in the heat of the day, with a view of refreshing themselves, plunged into a spring of cold water : two died upon the spot,...
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Memoirs of the Life and Writings of Benjamin Franklin ..

Benjamin Franklin - 1818 - 610 pages
...been heated by exercise in the sun, is an imprudence which may prove fatal. I once knew an instance of four young men, who having worked at harvest in the heat of the day, with a view of refreshing themselves plunged into a spring of cold water : two died upon the spot,...
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The British Prose Writers...: Dr. B. Franklin's essays

1821 - 356 pages
...been heated by exercise in the sun, is an imprndence which may prove fatal. I once knew an instance of four young men, who, having worked at harvest in the heat of the day, with a view of refreshing themselves, plunged into a spring of cold water: two died upon the spot,...
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Annual Register, Volume 35

Edmund Burke - 1821 - 758 pages
...been heated by exercise in the sun, is an imprudence which may prove fatal. I once knew ah instance of four young men, who having worked at harvest in the heat of the day, with a view of refreshing themselves, plunged into a spring of cold water; two died * In our volume...
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Dublin Hospital. Reports and Communications in Medicine and ..., Volume 4

1827 - 654 pages
...state of relaxation is induced on swimming, states the following fact : " I once knew an instance of four young men, who having worked at harvest in the heat of the day, with a view of refreshing themselves, plunged into a spring of cold water; two died on the spot, a...
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The Youth's Miscellaneous Sketch Book: A Compilation of Useful and Amusing ...

1829 - 126 pages
...water, taken the body is much heated. — Dr. Franklin relates an instance, within his own knowledge, of four young men, who, having worked at harvest in the heat of the day, with a view of refreshing themselves, plunged into a spring of cold water; two died upon the spot,...
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