Observations on the preservation of health, in infancy, youth, manhood, and age: with the best means of improving the moral and physical condition of man / [John Harrison Curtis].

  • Curtis, John Harrison, 1778-approximately 1860
Date:
1837
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Credit: Observations on the preservation of health, in infancy, youth, manhood, and age: with the best means of improving the moral and physical condition of man / [John Harrison Curtis]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Bones —account of their structure and uses, 25. Brain —functions of the, 33, 34, 77. Brain of infants, 36. The principal source of the nervous fluid, 77. Its intimate con- nexion with the stomach; consequences of this connexion, 78, 79. Breakfast, 60. Brigham, Dr. — his work on Mental Excitement referred to and quoted, 34, 36. Broths, not sufficiently nourishing for the young, 45. How they may be best taken, 57. Caldwell, Dr. referred to, 52. Quoted, 103. Capillary vessels, 17. Carbon — the principal impurity of venous blood, 19. Its com- bination with the oxygen of the air forms carbonic acid gas, ib. Deleterious nature of carbonic gas, 18, 19. Charlotte, Queen, 54. Cheerfulness, conducive to health, 53, 80, 90. Its beneficial influence exemplified in the French army after the battle of Austerlitz, 78. Children— general principles for training, 32. Cicero, 115. Clarke, Dr. Adam—his character as a boy, 39. Cleanliness — importance of, 12, 13, 67, 112. Clerks — remarks on muscular exercise, &c. in relation to, 68, 69, 70. Advice to them as to seats, desks, stoves, &c. 72. Clothing— necessity for cleanliness in, 13. Should fit the body loosely, ib. Should be varied with the seasons, ib. Evils arising from the neglect of this rule, 16. Tight clothing reprobated, 50, 114. Club-houses — remarks on, 22. Coffee — a stimulant; if taken in large quantities injurious, 60, 61. Coffee-houses, 66. Cold — effects of sudden exposure to, 14. Exposure to cold one of the chief causes of mortality of infants, 15. Effects of cold on the aged, 114. Combe, Dr. A. — his work on Physiology referred to and quoted, 21. Ditto, on Dietetics, 56. Combe’s Constitution of Man, 2, 3.