Principles Of Physiology Applied To The Preservation Of Health And To The Improvement Of Physical And Mental Eduction

1852. Contents: Nature and Uses of Physiology; Causes of the Neglect of Practical Physiology in Social Life-Slow and Insidious Origin of Disease; Religious Objections to the Study of Physiology Considered; Structure and Functions of the Skin; Conditions of Health of the Skin, and Its Influence on the General System; Nature of the Muscular System; Rules for Muscular Exercise; The Bones, Their Structure, Uses, and Conditions of Health; On the Blood and the Organs of Circulation; The Lungs, Their Structure and Functions-Respiration and Its Uses; Laws of Respiration-Conditions of Health of the Lungs; The Brain and Nerves Considered in Their Relation to the Rest of the Body and to the Mental Faculties; Conditions of Health of the Brain-Laws of Mental Exercise; Application of the Preceding Principles to the Health of the Brain and Nervous System, and to General Education; Influence of the Nervous System Upon the General Health; and Application of the Preceding Principles to the Origin and Prevention of Bad Health.Combe, Andrew is the author of 'Principles Of Physiology Applied To The Preservation Of Health And To The Improvement Of Physical And Mental Eduction', published 2004 under ISBN 9781417904020 and ISBN 141790402X.