The principles of physiology applied to the preservation of health, and to the improvement of physical and mental education / [Andrew Combe].

  • Combe, Andrew, 1797-1847
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1844
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    ~~ PSPC VOL05E, seyy30d oy ieiateyaloolh.% vii CHAPTER VI. CHAPTER I. RULES FOR MUSCULAR EXERCISE, Principles of exercise.—Free and varied motion the best ‘protection against deformity—Exercise to be propor- tioned to age, strength, habit, and constitution —Times at which exercise ought to be taken—Different kinds of INTRODUCTORY REMARKS, ae -uSoont o ok 3 pe i, ive ail Objects of the present volume.— Functions to be treated of. -—Evils of ignorance.—Objections to physiological know- ‘ ? . exercise. — Riding. — Dancing. — i is- ledge answered.—Testimonies to its practical useful- thenic seasidinol-inbanity *Licwa: vata deus Me NESS,;5- + - : . : : : - Pagel{ itustrative of the above principles, : 4 CHAPTER II. a CHAPTER VII. é SS a ; NATURE AND USES OF PHYSIOLOGY. 1 THE BONES, THEIR STRUCTURE, USES, AND ‘79 ' Objects of Physiology.—Usefulness of Physiological Know- CONDITIONS OF HEALTH, 3 ledge.—Illustrations.—Physiology ought to be a branch me of general education.—Much suffering arises from its |The bones essential to motion, and to the security of the . ys omission.—Physiological knowledge necessary for under- vital organs.--The Skeleton.--Vessels, Nerves, life. growth, Boe standing the causes and cure of disease.—Practical uses and decay’ of bones.—Advantages of their vitality and in- - ~ of physiology overlooked even in medical education— sensibility——Their adaptation to containéd patts.—Con- , great injury thence arising.—Physiology the basis of all ditions of health.—Necessity of exercise, &c. . 47. a educational measures, and therefore indispensable to ; 7, teachers and parents, &c. . 5 f : ; 2 a 4 CHAPTER VIII. : CHAPTER III. Bae ON THE BLOOD AND THE ORGANS OF CIRCULATION, STRUCTURE AND FUNCTIONS OF THE SKIN. The blood the source of life and nourishment.—Its supply The skin—its structure and functions—the seat of perspira- to abbiparia propenyiened to, Shainapnp ontanne ap pethe Xs - tion—its nature—consequences of suppressed perspira- vity.—Health depends onits proper quality and quantity. . ‘tpl thy between the Skin and other organs, &c, 9| —Zhe arterial blood alone is capable of supporting life. Peereny pats Bety we —The arteries and capillaries described.—The general or systemic circulation and its uses.—Digestion and CHAPTER IV. respiration the chief sources of arterial blood.—The veins and their course described and illustrated.—The blood ms me ii is peculiarly the vital fiuid——Causes affecting its quality CONDITIONS OF HEALTH OF THE SKIN, AND ITS IN and their influence on health.—All the organs of the a FLUENCE ON THE GENERAL SYSTEM. body and the mind itself affected by the quality of the ‘ blood.—Importance of respiration in its formation, &c, 50 Conditions, required for the health of the skin.—Exercise indispensable.—Attention to clothing is important.— Ws Flannel as a preservative of health.—Clothing to be care- CHAPTER IX. _ fully exposed to the air.—The frequent removal of im- purities from the clothes and surface essential to the |myn LUNGS, THEIR STRUCTURE AND FUNCTIONS.— health of the skin.—Hence the utility of frequent changes —and of ablution and bathing.—Different kinds of baths. RESPIRATION AND ITS USES. —In nervous disease and in depression, warm and vapour baths very salubrious.—Daily friction with hair-glove or | Respiration defined.—The lungs the organs of respiration flesh-brush of great value in both health and disease.— - in tian.—The air-cells—the vessels and tissue of the Sailing and riding useful by acting on the skin.—Bene- lungs.—The changes in the air and blood during respira- ficial influence of solar light.—Important deficiency of it tion.— Quantity of blood subjected to the action of the in the dwellings of the poor, &c. + Ke ‘ 20] air in the lungs—changes produced in it.—The pro- duction of animal heat depends on respiration.—Im- ¥) portant practical results, ° J 65 CHAPTER V. _-«.-~—s NATURE OF THE MUSCULAR SYSTEM. CHAPTER X. -‘Muscles.—Their structure, number, uses, and importance ‘LAWS OF RESPIRATION.——CONDITIONS OF HEALTH to man—their mode of action.—Fatigue consequent on ; continuing the same attitude explained—Injuries of Spine. OF THE LUNGS. _ —Sedentary occupations in school.—Effects of muscular ; ; - exercise on the circulation—and on the bowels.—Conse- | Extreme prevalence of diseases of respiratory organs— = “quences of deficient exercise on the organization, 30} Conditions of healthy respiration.—An abundant supply = Tata