Health, disease and remedy : familiarly & practically considered, in a few of their relations to the blood / by George Moore.

  • Moore, George, 1803-1880.
Date:
1850
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Credit: Health, disease and remedy : familiarly & practically considered, in a few of their relations to the blood / by George Moore. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine, through the Medical Heritage Library. The original may be consulted at the Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine, Harvard Medical School.

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    INTRODUCTION. Health is a word of vast meaning; in relation to the body, it signifies the right working of all our physical functions; in relation to the mind, it ex- presses correct manifestation with respect to natural objects; and when applied to the soul, or the essen- tial being of man himself, it means salvation, or eternal welfare, and a will in keeping with Heaven. Bodily health is our subject, and that only in a few of its bearings; the connexion of the mind with the nerves demands a separate treatment, and the sum and substance of all that can be said concerning health of soul will be found in the Bible. It is well, however, always to bear in mind the threefold rela- tion of the word health, or rather it is desirable to form a more definite notion still, and if possible to apprehend what it is that constitutes well-being. It may be comprehensively defined in one word— order. Health is order; and order is the law of good in undisturbed operation. At first sight, this definition will appear true only in particular rela-