The principles of physiology applied to the preservation of health and to the improvement of physical and mental education / by Andrew Combe.

  • Combe, Andrew, 1797-1847.
Date:
1860
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Credit: The principles of physiology applied to the preservation of health and to the improvement of physical and mental education / by Andrew Combe. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Page Causes of spinal deformity, 104 General systemic circulation, ... 137 Exercise should be in relation to age, 141 strength, constitution, and previous The double circulation illustrated, . 142 habits, 106 Rabidity and foi ce of the cn culatlon. 144 Physiological effects of muscuifir Exer- iniiuence oi the state oi the Blood on 107 146 Meaning of muscular and nervous en- Causes of bad condition of the Blood, . 146 109 The state of the Blood affects the mind, . 148 Excessive muscular Exercise alters the quality of the blood, .... 109 CHAPTER X. G reat amount of labour which the muscles can perform, 109 THE LUNGS, THEIR STRUCTURE AND FUNCTIONS Rules for Exercise 111 —RESPIRATION AND ITS USES. Food to be proportioned to Exercise, 112 Under-feeding in boarding-schools. 112 Respiration explained, .... 149 Growing children need plenty of food, . 112 Organs of Respiration in various ani- Times for Exercise, 113 149 Different kinds of Exercise, . 115 The human Lungs described, ... 150 Importance of physical training of youth. 115 The Bronchial Tubes, .... 151 Walking-excursions, and caution against The Air-cells of the Lungs, 152 over-exertion, 116 Blood-vessels and parenchyma of the Riding and Dancing, .... 118 Lungs, ....... Gymnastic and Calisthenic Exercises, . 119 The respiratory movements, Dumb-bells; reading aloud; singing; Nervous stimulus producing them. 153 lecturing. 121 Their involuntary character, 154 The best Exercises are sports combining Exhalation from the Lungs, 155 free play of all the muscles, pleasing Absorption by the Lungs, 156 mental excitement, and unrestrained Effects of Respiration on the air. 156 use of the voice, . 121 Extent to which renewal of the air is Narrative of a pedestrian excursion by a 157 youth ignorant of Physiology, . 122 Relation between capacity of Lungs and The involuntary muscles, . . 123 Chemical changes produced on the air 158 CHAPTER VIII. Use of nitrogen in the air. 160 160 THE BONES, THEIR STKUCTURE. USES. AND Effects of excess of oxygen, . 161 CONDITIONS OF HEALTH. Common air best fitted for Respiration, . 162 Description of the human Skeleton, Effects of Respiration on the blood. 162 123 Nocturnal liability to epidemic disease, . 163 Why the Bones are so numerous, . 125 Development of Animal Heat, 164 Cartilages and ligaments. 125 Regulation of Animal Heat, . 166 Composition of Bones, .... 125 Analogy of combustion and Respiration, 167 Vital properties of Bones, 126 Quantity of fresh air necessary, 168 Advantages of the vitahty of Bones, 127 Disease and mortality from breathing Morbid states of Bones, .... 127 169 Lightness compared with strength of 128 128 Exercise of the Bones, .... CHAPTER XI. Causes of spinal deformity. 129 LAWS OF RESPIRATION—CONDITIONS OF Effects of exercise on the Bones, 130 HEALTH OF THE LUNGS. Exercise in infancy and youth, 131 131 Extensive mortality from pulmonary 171 CHAPTER IX. Conditions of healthy performance of Respiration, ... . . 172 THE BLOOD AND THE ORGANS OP CIRCULATION, Sufficient supply of pure air . 172 Enough must enter the lungs. 173 Purposes and constitution of the Blood, . 132 Bad effects of compressing the chest. 173 Blood necessary to organic action, . 135 Origin of scrofula and consumption, 175 And to secretion and nutrition, 136 Why women are most subject to con- Circulation of the Blood,. , . 137 sumption, 177