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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![Capillary blood-vessels, 146. Carbonic acid gas, 48, lOO, l(i3, 1G7, 109, 171, 175, IW;, 198, 2U3, 258. Caribs, 111. Carmichael, Ricliard. on scrofula, 97,192. Carpenter, Dr, quoted, 291!. Cartilages, 130,131,135. Casper, Dr, quoted, 330, 3'3fi. Catarrh, 35, 40, 04, 70, 71,215. Ceeley, Mr, quoted, 47. Cellars, 80, 318. Celtic race, 290. Centres, nervous, 22G. Cerebellum, 229 et sc<]., 242. Cerebro spinal axis, 226; system, 802. Cerebrum. See Brain. Channing, Dr, quoted, 10. Charcoal, death from fumes of, 170. See Carbonic Acid Gas. Charity children, 07,112,154,178,192,207. 213. Cheerfulness conducive to health, 194, 309. Chemical changes in the body, 38, 55, 05, 99, 106,113, 121, 140, 167, 172, 305, 306. Chest, 157; size of, in relation to stature, 165; diseases of, 179 ct seg.; diagram of, 181; distorted, 182. .See Lungs. Chichester, mortality in, 315. Children, in factories, 4; mortality of, 9, 79, 269, 317; sports of, 102, 194; their need of exercise, 204, 210 ; crying of, 212; delicate, 216; convulsions of, 248, 303, precocious, 268; books for, 269. See Infants. Chilian minors, 115. Chilliness, 208. i'ee Cold. Chloroform, 163, 238, 240, 304. Cholera, 17, 23, 41, 49, 155, 171, 178, 191, 193, 196, 206, 309, 316, 319, 325, 332. 333. Chossat's experiments, 60,94,121,173,193,308. Christison, Dr, quoted, 34. Chronic diseases, 12. Churches, ventilation of,169,177,186,198,201, 202, 203, 208. 2.>8. Circulation of the blood, 144; increased by muscular exercise, 98, and by organic action, 263; cerebral, 262. Civilization, its gradual progress, and here- ditary character, 294. Clairvoyance, 251. Clark, Sir James, quoted, 40,70, 111, 195,212, 220, 221. Cleanliness, 65, 203, 208, 316. Clergymen, 214. See Speaking. Clerks, vacation of, 274. Climate,; warm, 40, .53, 63. 73, 326, 328, 334 ; moist, 41, 49; warm and moist, 42,320, 326 ; cold, 63; change of, 221, 334. Climbing, 211. 27 i. Clot, of the blood. 140. Clothing,49,55, 56; waterproof, 47; of females, 61. 181 ; of infants and children, 50, 57. Club exercise, 126. Coal heavers, 116. n. Cold, 9, 23. 32, 35, 37. 50, 52, 53, 5!!, 58. 174, 208; sensation of, 52 et seq.; diet fitted to pro- tect from, 172; resistance to, 309 ; death from. 315. Cold bath, 58. 68,60,72. Cold feet, 55, 58, 61, 172, 174, 208. Colds. 35, 40, 215 ; catching of, 64, 70, 71. Collard de JMartigny, 48. Colliers, 80, 195. ColHngwood, l>()rd,32-l. Colour of the skin, 27 ; muscles, 84; blood, 140, 143. UO. Combe, Abram, case of, 215. , Or A., case of 10, 70, 76. , George, quoted, 204, 2(3: liis work on the Constitution of .Man. 2R9 n.. 3i4, n. Commander, sanitary inHueuce o'', 311, 324. Co'ifidonce, sanitary etfect of. 30!l, 311, 324. Conscientiousness, education of, 290. Consciousness, 238; loss of, 262; want of, ?03. Consumption, pnlmonary, 58, 76, 111, 122,126, 154, 172, 179 et feq., 192, 195, 211, 215, 320 329; origin and nature of, 183; principles of cure of, 184; precautions against, 217; hereditary predisposition to, 2l9. Cantagion, 81, 163, 208. Contractility of the muscles, 84. Convolutions of the lirain, 229, 230, 232. Convulsions, 91, 92, 236, 248; of children, 303. Cook's voyages, 322. Cooper, Sir Astley, 262, 2G3. Corpulence, 28. Costivencss, 101, 214, 303. Cotton clothing, 64. Cough, 35. 215, 216. Cowan, Dr, quoted, 245. Crabbe, George, 177. Cretinism, 248. Crime, hereditary tendency to, 297. Criminals sometimes irresponsible, 247. Crustacea, respiration of, 100. Crying of children, 212. Cures promoted by confidence, 309. Cuticle or epidermis, 25. Cutis or true skin, 28. Cutler.«, 195. Cuvier,his lungs strengthened by lecturing, 120, 215. Damp air. See Air. Marshes. Dancing, as an exercise, 124. Daniell, Dr. quoted, 73, 328. Darkness, 79. See Light. Darwin, :Mr, quoted, 60, 115, 294. Davies, Dr, quoted, 338. Davy, Professor £., quoted, 209. Sir H., case of, 275; curious obscrva*- tion by, 309. — Dr John, on the heat of the body, 100. Day-dreaming, 245. Deafness, 267; hereditary in cats, 2-56; case of a deaf and blind man, 223. Death from cold, 69 ; from starvation—See Starvation. Defeat, ettects of, on health, 308. Deformitv from earlv over-labour, 108 ; spinal ,96.109,110,1 ll,l25,135; of chest, 182. Delicate children, treatment of, 216. Delirium, 259, 260, 282. Deodorising properties of peat, 203. Dermis, 28. Diabetes, 35. Diaphragm. 157. Diarrhoea, 35, 68. n., 324. Diet, effect of scanty, 154, 261, 325 ; ought to be in proportion to activity, 117; its etl'ects on respiration, 167 ; in relation to animal heat, 172, and to the brain, 259 et seq. ; in warm climates, 328. See Nutrition. ;Star- vation. Digestion, 100, 118, 147, 259, 297, 307. See Nutrition. Dinner hour, 221, 259. Disease, a departure from the normal state, 23 ; slow and insidious origin of, 7, 190 ; acute and chronic, 12 ; hereditarv predis- position to, 219, 255; causes of, 281, 313; prevention of, 313; diseases flow chietly from the bad state of the blood, 183; should bo studied and treated only by medical men. 18, 75, 215. Dissipation, 218. Diving animals, 164. Dogs, frothy mouths of, 39. Dormitories, .^ee Bedrooms. Drainage, 208,319. See Filth. Marshes. Draughts of air, 200, 207. Dreaming, 263.](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b21965353_0364.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
