Volume 2

The philosophy of health ; or, an exposition of the physical and mental constitution of man, with a view to the promotion of human longevity and happiness / by Southwood Smith.

  • Smith, Southwood, 1788-1861.
Date:
1847
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Credit: The philosophy of health ; or, an exposition of the physical and mental constitution of man, with a view to the promotion of human longevity and happiness / by Southwood Smith. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    CHAPTER VIII. OF THE FUNCTION OF RESPIRATION. Respiration in the plant ; in the animal—Aquatic and aerial respiration-—Apparatus of each traced through the lower to the higher classes of animals—Apparatus in man—Trachea, Bronchi, Air Vesicles—Pulmonary artery—Lungs—Respiratory motions : inspiration ; ex- piration—How in the former air and blood flow to the lungs ; how in the latter air and blood flow from the lungs —Relation between respiration and circulation—Quan- tity of air and blood employed in each respiratory action— Calculations founded on these estimates—Changes pro- duced by animal respiration on the air : changes produced by vegetable respiration on the air—Changes produced by respiration on the blood—Respiratory function of the liver—Uses of respiration - Page 1 CHAPTER IX. OF THE FUNCTION OF GENERATING HEAT. Of the temperature of living bodies—Temperature of plants—Power of plants to resist cold and endure heat —Power of generating heat—Temperature of animals— Warm-blooded and cold-blooded animals—Temperature of the higher animals—Temperature of the different parts of the animal body—Temperature of the human body—Power of maintaining that temperature at a fixed point, whether in intense cold or intense heat—Experi- ments which prove that this power is a vital power—