Lectures on diet and regimen; being a systematic inquiry into the most rational means of preserving health and prolonging life: together with physiological and chemical explanations / by A.F.M. Willich.
- Anthony Florian Madinger Willich
- Date:
- 1799
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: Lectures on diet and regimen; being a systematic inquiry into the most rational means of preserving health and prolonging life: together with physiological and chemical explanations / by A.F.M. Willich. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![, PAGE Explanation of the Six Non-naturals ae Yi The prefent mode of living compared with that in a {tate of nature = te - - 177, 178 Many writers are mifled by partial methods of in- quiry - - - . ~ 179, 180 Farther illuftrations relative to a Dietetic Syftem 180—183 Cuap. II, Of Air and Weather - 184—249 Of Air in general— Re/piration > - 184 Definition of Air and, Atmo‘phere “ - 185 Account of «he preffure of the Atmofphere incumbent on our bodies ° - - - 185, 186 Component parts of the Atmofphere —- - 186, 184 — Concife Hiftory of Oxygen - > - 187, 188 Properties of Oxygen, and its effets on nag 188 — Azote . ~ - 189 — Carbonic Acid Cas, or Fixed Air 189, 190 — Inflan:maole Air - : - 190 Specific gravity of the different Airs— - - I9gt Noxious effects of mephitic gales = > = 2D -—------ the vapours of Lead ~ - - 192 The chemical] procefs in improving and reftoring At- mofpheric Air defcribed = 193, 194 General Remarks relative to the advantages to bede- rived from a fy{tematic view of Dietetics - 195, 196 Effects of warm and cold air on the body - 196, 197 — damp or moift air > > - 197 o———— dry and cool air “ - - 1098 -————— fudden changes of air - - 0b. ~ the different winds - - 199 On the relative falubrity of the different Seafons 200, 201 Effects ot ftrongly icented bodies - - 201 - dw velling on lakes, marfhes, and rivers - 203 Which is the moft wholefome air to live in ee | Of the improvement of Air in Dwelling-houfes ~ 204—214 Situation of a Houfe in point of Health - 204, 205 Criterion of a damp and unwholefome air - 206 The moft proper fituation of a fitting-room - a, Different ftrata of Air in a room - + 207 Various modes of purifying the air by ventilators 207, 208 Rules](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b33086059_0019.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
