Illustrations of the atmospherical origin of epidemic diseases : and of its relation to their predisponent constitutional causes, exemplified by historical notices and cases, and on the twofold means of prevention, mitigation, and cure, and of the powerful influence of change of air as a prinicpal remedy ... / by T. Forster.

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1829
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Credit: Illustrations of the atmospherical origin of epidemic diseases : and of its relation to their predisponent constitutional causes, exemplified by historical notices and cases, and on the twofold means of prevention, mitigation, and cure, and of the powerful influence of change of air as a prinicpal remedy ... / by T. Forster. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    CHAPTER IF. ENQUIRY INTO THE NATURE OF THE PREDISPONENT CAUSES OF DISORDERS, AND OF THE POWER OVER THEM TO BE OBTAINED BY MEANS OF TEMPERANCE AND SIMPLE MEDICINES.—Page 114* • BC. PAGB 2. Of hereditary predisposition to disease 120 3. Enquiry how far the particular form of the brain determines the predisponent cause of disorders 121 CHAPTER F. HISTORICAL NOTICES OF SOME REMARKABLE EPIDEMICS CON- SIDERED AS THE GRAND SCOURGES OF MANKIND, TENDING TO SHOW THEIR ATMOSPHERICAL ORIGIN, AND CONFIRMING THE DOCTRINE ALREADY LAID DOWN.—Page 125. •BC. PAGE 2. Historical catalogue of epidemics 127 Catalogue of pestilence since the Christian era 139 Historical notes from 1767 /o the present year inclusive 168 CHAPTER FI. ENUMERATION OF THE CHARACTERISTIC FEATURES AND EFFECTS OF EPIDEMIA —Page 181. • BC. PACB 2. Of the method of treatment of epidemical and other fevers 185 CHAPTER FI I. RULES OF HEALTH. •BC. PAGB 1. Preliminary argument that the temperate and the healthy are not much affected by prevalent diseases. Power of the human constitution to adapt itself to changes, when fortified by temperance 3. Description of the digestive organs, and general view of their functions in the opposite states of health, and of disease 196 4. Summary view of the apparent symptoms of disorders of the digestive organs 5. Rule 1. Of the quantity of food requisite, 6. Rule 2. Of the quality of our food. 6. Rule 3. Of the periods of meals 7. Rule 4. Of exercise and early rising 8. Rule 5. Of fasting and abstinence .201 .205 .206 ,208 210 211