Volume 1

The principles of health, [Elements of hygiene;] or, a treatise on the influence of physical and moral causes on man, and on the means of preserving health / By Etienne Tourtelle ... ; From the second French edition, corrected and augmented. Translated by G. Williamson ... ; with notes and appendices by the translator.

  • Tourtelle, Étienne, 1756-1801
Date:
1819
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Credit: The principles of health, [Elements of hygiene;] or, a treatise on the influence of physical and moral causes on man, and on the means of preserving health / By Etienne Tourtelle ... ; From the second French edition, corrected and augmented. Translated by G. Williamson ... ; with notes and appendices by the translator. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    TABLE OF CONTENTS. VOLUME I. Page Prerace to the American edition, - - - Introduction, - - - - - 7 9 SECTION I. On life, health, and the vital energies; on the development and direction of these energies in the different ages, sexes, constitutions, &c. Chap. 1. On life, health, and the vital energies in general, - 25 2. Analysis of the functions com- mon to animals and vegeta- bles, - - - - 36 3. Onthe vital principle, - - 57 4. On life, considered in the dif- ferent ages, - - - 65 5. The female sex, - : - 78 6. On the constitutions, - - 84 7. On the duration of life, - - 102 8. Natural history of man in the different climates, - - 116