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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![Pia-mater, 229. Picrquin, Dr, quoted, 263. Piiiei, Scipion, quoted, 276. Plague, 42,171,316. Play at school, 102,120,201. See Sports. Puoumogastric nerve, 251. Poisons absorbed by the skin, 45, 46, 47, 48, 81; narcotic ])oisoning, 161, 248; poisonous air, 163, 169,186, 203, 258, 316, 320. Pons Varolii, 230. Poor, diet of, 154,261,325; mortality of, 56, 330. Pope, Alex., case of, 274. Pores of the skin, 26. Posture, change of, 94,107; effect of, on the brain, 265. Poizuoli, baths of Nero at, 41. Practice, 293. Preachers, 126, 264, 300. Precepts and practice compared, 289. Precocity, mental, 268. Pregnancy, 257. Priessnitz, his curative system, 59,72, 211. Printing-offices, ventilation of, 206. Prisons, 178,266, 324. Processes of bones, 84. Prout, Dr, 27, 34. Prussia, infant mortality in, 220. Puberty, dangers at, 217. ■ Puerperal fever, 3i7. Pulmonic circulation, 149. See Lungs. Pulsation of the heart, 151. Quack medicines, 36,82, n.; quacks, 310. Quarterly Review quoted, 279. Quetelet, M., quoted, 9, 57. Rage, 53. Readiness of action, 300. Reading while walking, condemned, 106 ; reading alond, 126, 214, 260. Recitation, 126, 212, 214. Recreation, 262, 287, 303. See Sports. Recruits, 6, 80, 108, 220, 309, 335. Reflex motions, 90,160,236 et seq., 303. Reid, Dr John, experiments of, 95. Religious objections to study of physiology, 20. Sec God. fanaticism, cures by, 104. Repetition, eflects of, 293. Reptiles, 130, 241. Respiration, 15G ; in relation to muscular exercise, 55, 100, 106, 113 ; laws of, 179 ; nervous stimulus of, 226, 239. Respirator, .leftVeys', 217. Rest needed bv the muscles, 94: and by the brain, 264,271,299. Revolutions, iJolitical, 297. Rheumatism, 62, 63, 64, 72. Rich, mortality of the, 330. Rickets, 79. 133, 137 ; precocity of rickety children, 268. Riding, 76, 77, 123. Rodney's victory in the West Indies, sani- tary effects of, 308. Rome, malaria of, 48.' Romillv, Sir S.. 264 ; quoted, 271. Rowing, 121,123,211. Running, as an exercise, 121. Rush, Dr, quoted, 190, 308, 310, 336. Russia, bathing in, 71, 73. Sailing, sanitary effects of, 76, 78. Sailors, health of, 49, 63, 81, 3U, 320 ct sea.. 328, 329. Sanctorius, 31. Sanguification ,156. .Sartorius muscle, 85. Sauntering exercise, 59,103,109,119. Saussure, Jladame IS'ecker dc, quoted, 110. Saxon race, 296. Scalds and barns, 36. Scarf skin, 25. Scarlatina, 193. Schools, temperature of, .58, 61; light in, 81; ventilation of, 2(l2, 204, 258; benches with- out backs in,97 ; prejudicial effcctof same- ness of attitude in, 95 ; too long confine- ment in, 102, 204, 210 ; too long postpone- ment of dinner-hour, 259 ; too early send- ing to, 209 ; prevalent disregard of differ- ences in mental capacities at, 287 ; schools for the insane, 283 ; for idiots, 284. See Education. Science, religious aspect of, 21, 107, 210,222, 224, 288. Scott, Sir W., quoted, 207,265; case of, 277, 299. Scrofula, 9, 27, 79, 81, 97, 219, 268, 319, 320; origin of, 183,192. Scurf of the skin, 66. Scurvy, 153, 154, 308. Sea-sickness, 76. Seats without backs, 97. Sebaceous glands of the skin, 42. Seclusion, effects of, 266, 283, 292, 308. Secretions, blood the immediate source of the, 142; cutaneous, 29—see Perspiration. Sedentary liabits, effects of, 59, 193, 210, 275. Sedition from starvation,261. Seguin's experiments, 31. Self-control, loss of,247,261. Semelweis, jM., 327. Sensation, 233, 238, 251; cutaneons, 50. Sense, muscular, 93. Senses, organs of the, 253. Sensibility of bones, 132. Sensitive and obtuse people, 258. Sensory ganglia, i)0. •Serum of the blood, 140. Sewers, air in, 169. See Drainage. Sexual propensity, 244. Shakspeare quoted, 199, 244. Shampooing, 100. Shark, bones of, 131. i Sheffield, 193,194. Ships, sanitary state of, 11,190,196, 206, 320 et scg.; emigrant ships, 189. Shirt-makers, 6. Shoemakers, 181, 212. Shuttlecock, 121,126. Sick-room, 282. Sierra Leone, 42. Sighing, 113. Sight, 251. Silk clothing, 64. Simon, Mr, quoted, 4. , Dr, experiments of, 16G. Simond, M., quoted, 299. Sin, general, whether disease be a punish- ment for, 313. Sinews, 84. Singing, 126, 212. Skin, 24,82; in relation to muscular exercise, 212; eruptions,^6, 212. Skinner, Captain, 175. SkuUo found in ancient tnmiili, 297. Sleep, 103, 234, 248, 249, 263, 307 ; walking in, 90; diminished animal heat during, 173; sleeplessness, 113,128,162,174, 276,277, 280, 298. Slop-workers, 6. Slotli, its bad effects on health, 55,266, 308. Small-pox, 319. Smith, Dr Southwood, quoted, 164. Smoke in towns, 120,196. Smollett, case of, 274. Snoozing, 236. Sobbing, 212, 248. Society, necessity of, 266,283,292, 308.](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b21965353_0368.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
