Lectures on the means of promoting and preserving health : delivered at the Mechanics' Institute, Spitalfields / by T. Hodgkin.

Date:
1835
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Credit: Lectures on the means of promoting and preserving health : delivered at the Mechanics' Institute, Spitalfields / by T. Hodgkin. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh. The original may be consulted at the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh.

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    Page Stimulating drinks; strong beer 137 Wines 140 Distilled spirits 147 Brandy, whiskey, Hollands, rum. 148 Arrack, koumis, compounds 149 Effect of spirits 150 No danger in giving them up 176 Examples, showing the possibility of tempe- rance 178 Temperance Societies 182 Provocatives or condiments 185 Sugar 187 Tobacco; chewing, taking snuff, smoking .... 189 Mastic, betel-nuts, bitters 197 Acids, spices, &c 198 Opium, dinner-pills 199 Quack medicines 200 Notes to Lecture II. Chiefly relating to the use of spirits 203 LECTURE III. MUSCULAR MOTION AND INTELLECTUAL FACULTIES. Bones 209 Muscles 210 Strength of muscles 215 Thomas Topham 216 Effect of exercise 219 Its influence on the circulation 223 Different kinds of exercise 226 Influence of particular trades 228 Chimney-sweepers 231 Glass-blowers 233 Bakers 235