The philosophy of living; or, The way to enjoy life and its comforts / By Caleb Ticknor.

  • Ticknor, Caleb, 1804-1840.
Date:
1840
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Credit: The philosophy of living; or, The way to enjoy life and its comforts / By Caleb Ticknor. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Harvey Cushing/John Hay Whitney Medical Library at Yale University, through the Medical Heritage Library. The original may be consulted at the Harvey Cushing/John Hay Whitney Medical Library at Yale University.

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    CHAPTER XIV. Or Age. How the system, &c. are influenced by age—Im- perfections and blemishes should be removed in childhood —Manhood—Old age—Anecdote . . . 294 CHAPTER XV. Of Sex. Adaptation of means to their destined end in all the works of nature—Differences of the sexes ; in what they consist 302 CHAPTER XVI. Marriage. Importance of matrimony—Transmission of hereditary traits and peculiarities ; too often overlooked —Disease entailed on posterity—Love matches—A pretty foot—A keen eye 307 APPENDIX. A. Effects of food, ardent spirits, &c. on the system in a cold climate—Captain Ross's observations among the Es- quimaux ........ 315 B. Joice Heth . . . . . . . 319 C. Medicinal influence of an Italian climate—Pulmonary consumption—Experience of an invalid ; of a physician- Digestive organs—Nervous diseases—Peculiar susceptibil- ity of the Romans to odours—Malaria . . .321