A treatise on diet : with a view to establish, on practical grounds, a system of rules for the prevention and cure of the diseases ... / by J.A. Paris.

  • Paris, John Ayrton, 1785-1856.
Date:
1830
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    CONTENTS. PART I. PAGE Introduction 1 Anatomical View of the Digestive Organs 15 Sect. I. The Alimentary Canal 17 II. The various Glands which are subservient to the Secretion of the different Fluids intended to act on Alimentary- Matter 30 III. Vessels for carrying the Nutritive Product to the Current of the Circulation 58 IV. The Lungs 60 V. The Kidneys 60 VI. The Skin 61 Physiological History of Digestion 65 Disorders of Old Age 67 Reciprocal Relations of the Digestive Functions with our Sensations, and of the latter, with the waste and consequent wants of the System . '. Ill Hunger ib. Thirst 118 Instinctive Desire for Exercise 121 PART II. Of Dietetic Observances Founded upon Physiological Prin- ciples 123 General Remarks 125 Intermixture of Animal and Vegetable Food 132