The manual for invalids / by a physician.

Date:
1829
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Credit: The manual for invalids / by a physician. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    CHAP. VI. Tage The Liver considered—its Function explained.—The Secre- tion of Bile—its great importance to Health .... 58 CHAP. VII. The Healthy Function of the Digestive Organs.—The Chyle, or vital Principle of the Food.—Imperfect assimilation of Chyle into Blood, the Cause of what is commonly called Breaking-up of the Constitution.—Rules for Prevention recommended, and Remedies proposed 66 CHAP. VIII. The Process of Respiration considered.—Qualities of the Air breathed.—Wholesome and unwholesome Atmos- pheres.—The Effects of different Gases on the Health of Invalids,considered in their various chemical Combinations 78 CHAP. IX. The Animal Economy variously affected, both in Health and Disease, by aeriform Fluids introduced into the Blood through the Air-cells of the Lungs.—Their extensive Power over the whole Nervous System in the Valetudi- narian State, &c 88 CHAP. X. Breakfast.—The different Qualities of Tea, Coffee, Choco- late, Cocoa, &c.—Effects upon the Stomach and Digestive Function 110 CHAP. XL Dinner.—The different kinds of Food considered, in relation to the Invalid State.—Farinaceous and Animal.—Beef, Mutton, Veal, Lamb, Fish, Poultry, &c. examined . . 114
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