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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1852
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    Mayo, I)r H., quoted, 13.5. Mead, J. M., case of, ■!t!9. Moals, mental excitement before and after, 118, -ifiO, -297. Mechanics' Institutions, 300. Medical books should not be studied by non-professional persons,-18. education, 14. men,13; duties of, 3,220,310,327; often neglect their own cerebral health, 278; curative etlcct of confidence in, 3U'J. Medicines administered through the skin, 45, 4(!. Medulla oblongata, 160, ICl, 226, 230 et seq. Medusa fri-rate, 260, 313. Melancholv, l!)4, 2(10, 266, 276, 280, 307. Memory ofthe blind, 286. Miasma. See Fever. Marshes. Midriff, 157. Millbank Penitentiary, 324. Alillers, health of, 195. Milliners, health of, (t. Mind, its dependence on the body, 19; in relation to the skin, 53; to muscul.ar exer- cise. 102 ; to quality of the blood, 155; weak durintt rapid prowth, 217 ; is the characteristic portion of man, 221 : the brain its organ, 224; laws of its exercise, 255; cll'ect of its state on respiration, 194, and on health, I'Ji, 297, 323, 324, 326. See Brain. Miners, strentrth of, 115. Aloisture. Sec Air. Marshes. Jlontreal, 189. Moral improvement of man, 19 ; moral edu- cation, 281,289. Mortality, rates of, in different seasons of the year, 9; in towns, 13, 79,314 et seq.; in- creased bv ignorance, 3, 178; from chest diseases, l79, 185; of the poor, 56, 830; of the rich, 330; of infants, 3, 9, 56. 207. 220, 257, 315, 317 : of children, 9, 79, 269, 317 ; of youths, 217, 335; of the starved Irish, 188 ; from vitiated air, 3, 209; of soldiers and sailors, 308—see Recruits ; its decrease in the navy, 321. Mosor quoted, 9. Mothers, appeal to, 109; their physical in- fluence on their otfspring, 257. Motion, voluntarv, 86, 90 ; automatic, 90, 128, 160 ; nervosof, 234. Mountain exercise, 211, 273. Mucous coat of skin, 27. Mucus from the lungs, 160. Mulder, Professor, quoted, 14. Munro, Sir T., quoted, 297. Murr.iy, Captain, 63. ,Lord, 212, n. Muscles, 82 ; sense of their state, 93 ;^the nervous system in relation to the, 234_et seq., 306; 'influence of electricity on, ;W5 ; muscular energy, 114; muscular exercise —see Exercise. Musical instruction, 212. Musicians, 277. Nails, 27. Narcotic poisoning, 161. 248. Narcotics, S04,307; practice of soothing chil- dren with. 218. Nasse. Professor, quoted, 161,173. Nature, the arranirenients of, reveal God's will, 13, 20. 107, 2lO. 222, 224, 2&S. Navy, British, sanitary improvement of, 3-.'l et .icq., 329. Sec Sailors. Negroes, colour of, 27, 28 ; brain of, 296 ; their power of resisting the injurious in- fluence of tropical climates, 334. Nelson, Lord, 312, 3.'3. Nerves described, 249 ; of the skm, 29, 50; of the muscles, 87 et 118; ganglionic, 302. Nervous diseases, slow origin of, 12; from drunkenness, 155; from excess of mental labour, 272 et seq.; influence of the skin on, 73 ; hereditary predisposition to, 255. Nervous energy, 114; nature of the nervous influence, 304. Nervous stimulus, in relation to muscular exercise, 102 ; of respiration, 160, 226. Nervoussystem.prc-eminenceof, 1; divisions of, 90; described, 226; necessity of warmth to action of, 174 ; in relation to the blood, 185 ; its influence on health, 302. Newton, Sir Isaac, case of, 277. Niger, expedition to the, 334. Night, liability to disease during, 171; em- ployment at, 298; night air, 205. Night mare, 242. Nitrogen, 162,163, 167. Nitrous oxide, 169. Nostalgia, m Nutrition promoted by exercise of the nourished part, 94 ; in relation to muscu- lar exercise. 100, 112,116; to the circula- tion of the blood, 142 ; to the lungs, 220 ; to the brain, 259 .et seq.; causes of defec- tive, 137; disease from defective, 154. »See Starvation. Object-lessons, 290. Oil-glands of the skin, 43,54. Oilmen, 82. Old age, the bones in, 132; mental exercise should be lessened in, 276. Olfactory nerve, 249. Open-air exercise, 108. Opium. See Narcotics. Optic nerve, 249. Orators, 126, 264,300. Orfila, M., quoted, 203. Organic functions, 226. Osborne, Ur, quoted, 34, 35. Ossification. 131. Owen, Professor, quoted, 130, 131, 133, 156, 157, 173, 237, 241, 296, 305. Oxygen, 140, 150, 162, 163, 167, 168, 171, 175, 186, 258. Pai n, use of, 51,304; deadened by chloroform, 163, 238, 240, 304. Palpitation, 18. Palsv. See Paralysis. Papi'lhe of the skin, 28, 50. Paralysis, 91,103, 241, 242,303, 304. Parenchyma, 163. Parents, duties of, 219 ; errors of, 289. Paris, 67, 217, 257, 269,315,331. Parry's voyages, 322, 323. Passions, influence of, on the skin, 53; on health, 308. /See Mind. Pastimes. See Sports. Pathognomy, 247. Peat, deodorising property of, 209. Pedestrian excursions, 106,121, 127. Pcllico, Silvio, 300, n. Perception, 233, 238, 240, 251. Periodicity of the nervous system, 299. Perspiration. 29 , 54, 122,212; insensible, 30; sensible, 32, 38, 122, 212; checked, 33, 47, 61,64,72; profuse,71; attects the stomach, 36, 78 ; of birds, 134 ; perspired matter, 65. Pestilence, 42,171, 316. Phrenology, 252,281, 301. Phthisis. See Consumption. Physical education, 121, 293, et passim. Physicians. See Medical Men. Physiology defined, 1; utility of knowledge of, 2. See Ignorance.
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