The treatment and cure of diseases incidental to sedentary life / by William Pearce.

  • Pearce, William
Date:
1854
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Credit: The treatment and cure of diseases incidental to sedentary life / by William Pearce. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The Royal College of Surgeons of England. The original may be consulted at The Royal College of Surgeons of England.

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    NERVOUS SYSTEM. for an increased circulation in that organ. But a due amount of circulating fluid is necessary for the proper discharge of the healthy function of every organ of the body; and hence, if one organ habi- tually receives a greater amount of blood than its natural share, other organs become disordered, and their functions imperfectly performed, because of their diminished supply. The man addicted to thought and close study exercises his brain, he reads many hours together, and thinks deeply; and after a few days spent in this manner, he suffers from itching eyes, aching head, chilly skin, and cold feet, his appetite for food fails, he suffers from a dull pain or sense of fulness and uneasiness on his right side, and his bowels become constipated. The vessels within the head have become overburdened and relaxed ; thus accommodating themselves to the increased quantity of blood sent to them; while the stomach, liver, bowels, skin, and extremities, have not received their healthy amount. Here then is another cause of ill health in those of sedentary habits. There are also another class of actions to be considered, those of the nervous system,—of Avhose laws we know little or nothing, except what we learn from their effects and diseases. In whatever organ or part of the body there is a call for exercise
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