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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    Evidence that the power of generating heat i*s connected with the function of respiration — Analogy between respiration and combustion—Phenomena connected with the functions of the animal body, which prove that its power of generating heat is proportionate to the extent of its respiration—Theory of the production of animal heat—Influence of the nervous system in maintaining and regulating the process—Means by which cold is generated, and the temperature of the body kept at its own natural standard during exposure to an elevated temperature ----- Page 120 CHAPTER X. OF THE FUNCTION OF DIGESTION. Process of assimilation in the plant ; in the animal— Digestive apparatus in the lower classes of animals ; in the higher classes ; in man—Digestive processes—Pre- hension, Mastication, Insalivation, Deglutition, Chymi- fication, Chylification, Absorption, Fecat on—Structure and action of the organs by which these operations -are performed—Ultimate results—Powers by which those results are accomplished—Two kinds of digestion, a tower and a higher; the former preparatory to the latter ------- Page 159 CHAPTER XI. OF THE FUNCTION OF SECRETION. Nature of the function—Why involved in obscurity— Basis of the apparatus consists of membrane—Arrange- ment of membrane into elementary secreting bodies— Cryptae, follicles, caeca, and tubuli—Primary combina- tions of elementary bodies to form compound organs— Relation of the primary secreting organs to the blood- vessels and nerves—Glands, simple and compound— Their structure and office—Development of glands from their simplest form in the lowest animals to their most complex form in the highest animals—Development in