The principles of physiology applied to the preservation of health and to the improvement of physical and mental education / By Andrew Combe.

  • Combe, Andrew, 1797-1847
Date:
1836
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    CONTENTS. PREFACE, ° ° . . e . ° ° 1—16 CHAPTER I INTRODUCTORY REMARKS. Physiology, Vegetable, Comparative, and Human.—Animate and Inanimate Bodies.—Objects of Physiology.— Usefulness of Physiological Knowledge.—TIllustrations._—Evils of Ignorance. Error in separating Anatomy and Physiology from their Prac- tical applications.—_What Health is—And how to be pre- served, : : e A ; , 2 : 17-41 CHAPTER II. STRUCTURE AND FUNCTIONS OF THE SKIN. The skin—composed of three layers.—The Cuticle—its structure aud uses.-The Mucous Coat—the seat of colour.—The True Skin— its structure—the seat of perspiration—its nature— consequences of suppressed perspiration. Sympathy between the Skin and other organs.__The Skin a regulator of Animal Heat.—The seat of Absorption, Touch, and Sensation.—Con- nexion between the Skin and Nervous System, . . 42-80