On the disorders of infantile development, and rickets : preceded by observations on the nature, peculiar influence, and modifying agencies of temperaments / by A. Schoepf Merei.

  • Schoepf Merei, Agost, 1804-1858.
Date:
1855
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Credit: On the disorders of infantile development, and rickets : preceded by observations on the nature, peculiar influence, and modifying agencies of temperaments / by A. Schoepf Merei. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The Royal College of Surgeons of England. The original may be consulted at The Royal College of Surgeons of England.

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    CONTENTS. Temperaments, in their relation to climate, diet, disease and remedial agents. Origin and modifying agencies of temperaments 1 Their different tj-pes—Origin; the principal agencies, climate and food—Influence of migrations, crossings of races, age and sex, civil- ization, etc. Principles of diet referable to temperaments ft Flesh of hot-blooded animals: fibrin, albumen, gluten, osma- zome, fat; mUk, butter, cheese, eggs, fish, isinglass—Farinacese and vegetables, coffee and tea—Spirituous liquids, water—Their appli- cation to temperaments. Sketches of the principal temperaments, from infancy to advanced age; their dispositions and diet 12 The muscular, sanguine, phlegmatic and lymphatic, nervous, and bilious, temperaments—Mixtures and compounds—Difficulties in the application of diet—Modifications of temperaments by climate, race. Diet modified by climate, seasons, stages of ci\ilization, individual pursuits 21 National temperaments of different countries, comparatively considered 22 Climatic influence referable to the temperaments, in Italy, France, Germany and England 28 In continental countries summer and winter more distinctly marked than in England—Moderate coldness, and humidity of the atmosphere in England throughout the year—Electric tension and discharge in the atmosphere on the Continent, and in England—Climatic influence upon the human voice—EffecU of the different climates upon the circulation, the muscular and nervous systems—National customs of dressing, vail bathing. National diet, in connection with clirnate and temperament, in Italy, France, Germany, and England 8Q