The principles of physiology applied to the preservation of health, and to the improvement of physical and mental education / by Andrew Combe.
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![INDEX. Aberdeen, baths in, 67. Ablution, 65 et seq., 75, 20!?. Absorption by skin, 41, 81; by tlie Inngs, 163. Acari foUicnloruin, 43. Acclimatisation, 334. Activity, necessity of, 193, 266,308. Actors, memory of, SSG. Acute diseases, I'J, 142. A!:ne,41, 42, 171,31!). Aikin, Dr John, quoted, 82, n. Air, composition of, 163 ; impurities in the, l':4, 316; importance of its purity, 253, 269, 320; how much fresh air necessary, 176; need of. 180,186; damp, 32,35,40.81.82. 203; temperature and dryness of,205,208; stag- nant, 41; warm, 38, 40, 49; exercise in the open air, 108. Air-bath, 71, 73. Albinos, 27. Atcesto frigate, 313. Alcoholic liquors, 155, 261, 264, 320. Allij.ator, case of .a decapitated, 239. Andral quoted, 267. Aneurism, 122. Aneer, eft'ects of, 63. Animal functions. 226. .Vnlmals. i^ec Brutes. Animalcules in the skin, 43. Anson's voyace, 321. Anxiety, its iiifluence on health, 27G, 307. Aorta, 144. Apoplexy, 152,248. Appetite, 100,117. Aradinoid membrane of the brain, 230. Architects, hint to, 206. Arctic voyages of Ross, Parry, &c., 323. Areolie of the skin, 28. Areolar tissue, 83, n. Army, ^ee .Soldiers. Arnot, Dr .Tames, 52. Arnott's ventilator, 206; stove, 208. Arterial blood, 140,143, 152, 170. Arteries, 144. Assemblv-rooms. 177,186, 200. Assimilation of food, 221. Association of ideas, &c., 2.5.3. Attitude, change of, 94,107; eftect of posture on the activity of the brain, 265. Auditory nerve, 251. Auricles of the heart. 144,148,150. Austerlitz. battle of, 308. Automatic motions, 90, 128, 160: automatic part of the nervous system, 233 et seq. Autumn, clothing in, 62. Baglivi quoted, 310. Bakers, 195. Balling?l'U Sir G., quoted, 63,186,308, 337. Ball-rooms, 177, 186, 200. Bank clerks, 274. Barlow, Dr, quoted, 97. Bateman, Dr, quoted. 53. _^ . . ^„ Bathing, 66; cold, 58, 68, 72; m rivers, 69; warm, 68,70, 74; tepid, 68, 70, 74 ; vapour and hot air baths, 71, 72, /3; public baths, 67, 71. Becquerel quoted, 141. _ Beds, heating of, by warm bottlef, uJ. Bod-clothes, ventilation of, 65. Bf'd-curtains. 200. Bed-rooms, 170,191, 200, 205, 259. Bell, Sir C, on the muscular nerves, 92. Belzoni, muscular power of, 92. Benevolence, exercise of, 290. Berginann, Carl, quoted, 195. Berlin, mortality m, 331, 33(). Birds, muscular nerves of, 87; Flourens' ex- periments on, 91,238; muscles of, IK!; ske- letons of, 133 ; admirable structure of, 133; teniperatHre of, 173; passions of, 237; wild and tame. 294. Black-spit of colliers, 195. Blaine, Dolabero, quoted. 36,137. Blano, Sir Gilbert, quoted, 308, 324. Blind and deaf man, case of, 223. Blind persons, attainments of, 286; mental character of, 267. Blisters, 27, 45. Blood, 139; its circulation increased by mus- i cular exercise. 98, and i>y organic action, 263; heat of, 114 ; altered by excessive mus- cular exercise, 114; in relation to muscu- lar strength, 122; diseases from morbid states of, 142; influence of its quality on that of the tissues. 183, and on health, 183; in relation to the brain, 258 ; red globules of, 140, 155, 170,172, 260. Blood-letting, 99, 148,152,155, 258, 262. Blood-vessels, 98,144; of the skin, 29; lungs, 160; brain, 229. Boarding-schools, 58, 96,103,106,117,120,21S, 301. Boerhaave, case of, 277. Bones, description of the, 129. Botanical excursions, 106, 121. Bowels, 214, 303; their sympathy with the skin, 68, n.; bowel-complaints,33, 30, 68, ii., 324; slow action of bowels, 101, 214, 303. Bowie, Mr, quoted, 188,190. Brain, connection of the mind with, 19, 221, 224; the source of voluntary motion, 87; in relation to the skin, 53; structure of, 221; over-taskingofthe, 102,277; influence of the blood on, 155; described, 227 et .icq.; plurality of organs in, 252; conditions of health of, 255; weights of brains, 2yf). Breath, moisture of, 162, 168, 17H; otlensivo smell of, 162; contamination of air by, 198; temperature of, 216. Breathing. See Respiration. Breda, siege of, 310. Bree, Mr, quoted, 25f!. Breschet's experiments, 39,100. Brewers' vats, poisonous air in, 169. Brigham. Dr, quoted, 263, 269, 270, n. Bright's Disease, 34. Bristol, disease in, 319. Bronchial atl'octions, 35, 76. tubes, 158. Browne, Dr, quoted, 274. Brutes, minds of, 225; brains of, 225. 237, 254; automatic motions of, 248; hereditary acquired habits of, 294. Burns and scalds, 36. Bush, Dr, quoted, 287, 292. Byron, Lord, quoted, 79. Calcutta, Black Hole of, 177. Caldwell, Dr, quoted, 263,264,298, 326, 310: his work on ])liysical education, 270, ii.](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b21965353_0363.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
