The maintenance of health : a medical work for lay readers / by J. Milner Fothergill.

  • Fothergill, J. Milner.
Date:
1874
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Credit: The maintenance of health : a medical work for lay readers / by J. Milner Fothergill. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine Library & Archives Service. The original may be consulted at London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine Library & Archives Service.

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    PAGE CLOTHES : Their Uses—Different Materials—Furs—Fabrics— Linen— Cotton - Jute — Woollen- Silk—Night-Clothes — Bed- Mattress—Spring Beds — Leather—Gloves—Muff and Mittens Boots—Waterproof Shoes and Coverings—Head Coverings . .122 CHAPTER VI. STIMULANTS AND TOBACCO. Stimulants—Universal Use of—Curious Forms—Varieties of—Wines Spirits—Beer—Cyder—Liqueurs—Medicinal Use of—Effects of Alcohol—As a Food—‘ I’m not a pudding man ’—As a Stimulant— A Loan—Effects on Digestion—On the Viscera—On the Kidneys and Skin—Consequences of its Action on the Skin—In Cold Cli- mates—In Hot Countries—Effects on Children—Is Alcohol Harm- ful?—Both Sides of the Question—Use of Alcohol—‘A Moral Anaesthetic’—Alcohol in Cerebral Anaemia—Alcohol at Bedtime— Opium—Haschish—The Stimulant Vegetable Principles, General Action of—Tea—Coffee—Cocoa—Mate—Substitutes for Alcohol- Ether—Extract of Meat—TOBACCO : Its Action—Effects of Excess —‘ Smoker’s Heart ’ 150 CHAPTER VII. THE EFFECTS OF INHERITANCE. Instances of Inheritance—Diatheses—The Gouty—The Strumous—The Nervous—The Bilious—The Lymphatic—‘The Widow’s second Family’—Atavism—Inheritance of Acquired Faculties—Effect of Surroundings—Results of Inheritance—Practical Outcomes—Mar- riage betwixt those of similar Diathesis—The Moral Aspects of Re- production—Should Marriage be a mere matter of Sentiment ?—The Mingling of Diatheses—Consanguinity-—Should Cousins Marry ?— New Blood—Mule Races—A Peculiarity of the Red Woman—‘ The Potency of the Individual ’ 181 CHAPTER VIII. THE ELECTION OF A PURSUIT IN LIFE. Choice of a Pursuit—A Right in Boys—Influence of Education—Com- parison of Occupations—For Girls—For Boys—Points to be at- tended to—Certain Qualities—Early Indications—Importance of—