The why and the wherefore, or The philosophy of life, health, and disease : new and original views explanatory of their nature, causes, and connexion ... with rules for the preservation of health and renovation of the system / by Charles Searle.

Date:
1846
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    CONTENTS. Pkeface, page iii.; Introduction, page xv. [The figures refer to the numbers of the paragraphs.] CHAPTER I. Page 1, LIFE, ITS NATURE, SOURCE, AND PRODUCTION ; AND OF THE TEMPERATURE OF THE ANIMAL BODY. Life, animal or physical, in contradistinction to spiritual, 1. Vege- table life, 2. Chemical action the cause of life, 3. Incubation of the egg, 4. Animal life, 5. The principle of life —motive or ner- vous power, 6. Vital temperature, 7. Electro-nervous power, 8. Electricity developed by combustion, and in the galvanic trough, 9, and note. Organic life, 10. Animal life dependent on organic, 11. Capillary action the primary attribute of life, 12, 13. Disease —its essential constituents 14. Elements of Health, 15. CHAPTER II. Page 9. THE NATURE AND FUNCTIONS OF THE VARIOUS ORGANS OF THE BODY. Classification of organs, 16. Stomach, description of it, 17, 18. Peri- toneum, 19. Intestines or bowels, 21. Digestive and subsidiary processes, 22. Gastric juice, 23. Chyle, 24, 25. The lungs, 26. Their functions, 27. The heart and its functions, 28. Absorption, 29. The blood's perfection and circulation, 30. The absorbent vessels, 32. The lacteals, 33. Venous absorption, 34. Beautiful conservative provision, 35. Purifying organs, 36. The kidneys, 37. The liver, its structure, function, and connexions, 38, 39, 40. The pancreas, 41. The spleen, 42. The skin, its numerous and im- portant functions, 43, 44 ; associated with the lungs, 45, 46. Elec-