Category: Science - Biology
Waste or loss of substance always attendant on action--In the vegetable and animal kingdoms waste is greater than in the physical--Living bodies are distinguished by possessing the power of repairing waste--Vegetables, being rooted in one place, are always in connection with t...
Waste or loss of substance always attendant on action--In the vegetable and animal kingdoms waste is greater than in the physical--Living bodies are distinguished by possessing...
2. CHAPTER II.Hunger and Thirst, what they are--Generally referred to the stomach and throat, but perceived by the brain--Proofs and illustrations--Exciting causes of hunger--Common theories...
3. CHAPTER III.Mastication--The teeth--Teeth, being adapted to the kind of food, vary at different ages and in different animals--Teeth classed and described--Vitality of teeth and its advanta...
4. CHAPTER IV.Surprising power of digestion--Variety of sources of food--All structures, however different, formed from the same blood--General view of digestion, chymification, chylification...
5. CHAPTER V.Different theories of Digestion--Concoction--Fermentation --Putrefaction--Trituration--Chemical solution--Conditions or laws of digestion--Influence of gastric juice.--Experimen...
6. CHAPTER VI.Chylification--Not well known--Organs concerned in it--The intestinal canal--Its general structure--Peritoneal coat--Mesentery--Muscular coat--Uses of these--Air in intestines--...
7. PART II.8. CHAPTER I.The selection of food only one element in sound digestion--Other conditions essential--Times of eating--No stated hours for eating--Five or six hours of interval between meals g...
9. CHAPTER II.Quantity to be proportioned to the wants of the system--Appetite indicates these--Cautions in trusting to appetite--General error in eating too much--Illustrations from Beaumont...
10. CHAPTER III.What is the proper food of man?--Food to be adapted to constitution and circumstances--Diet must vary with time of life--Diet in infancy--The mother’s milk the best--Substitutes...
11. CHAPTER IV.General laws of organic activity apply to the stomach as well as to other parts--Increased flow of blood towards the stomach during digestion--Hence less circulating in other or...
12. CHAPTER V.Thirst the best guide in taking simple drinks--Thirst increased by diminution of the circulating fluids--The desire for liquids generally an indication of their propriety--Much...
13. CHAPTER VI.Functions of the intestines--The action of the bowels bears a natural relation to the kind of diet--Illustrations--And also to the other excretions--Practical conclusions from t...
14. CHAPTER I.Waste or loss of substance always attendant on action.--In the vegetable and animal kingdoms waste is greater than in the physical.--Living bodies are distinguished by possessin...
15. CHAPTER II.Hunger and Thirst, what they are--Generally referred to the stomach and throat, but perceived by the brain--Proofs and illustrations--Exciting causes of hunger--Common theories...
16. CHAPTER III.Mastication--The teeth--Teeth, being adapted to the kind of food, vary at different ages and in different animals--Teeth classed and described--Vitality of teeth and its advanta...
17. CHAPTER IV.Surprising power of digestion--Variety of sources of food--All structures, however different, formed from the same blood--General view of digestion, chymification, chylification...
18. Chapter VI., in the great vein under the clavicle or collar-bone, henceBut although thus mingled with the blood, the chyle is not yet sufficiently capacitated for its duties in the system. To complete its preparation, it still requires to be expose...
19. CHAPTER V.Different theories of Digestion--Concoction--Fermentation--Putrefaction--Trituration--Chemical solution--Conditions or laws of digestion--Influence of gastric juice--Experiments...
20. CHAPTER IV.Chylification--Not well known.--Organs concerned in it.--The intestinal canal--Its general structure.--Peritoneal coat--Mesentery--Muscular coat--Uses of these.--Air in intestin...
21. letter C, and has its convexity turned towards the right, while the_pancreas_ or sweetbread (PP) lies in the space enclosed by its concavity. To enable the reader to form some notion of the relative position of these parts, I have introduced a...
22. PART II.23. CHAPTER I.The selection of food only one element in sound digestion--Other conditions essential--Times of eating--No stated hours for eating--Five or six hours of interval between meals g...
24. CHAPTER II.Quantity to be proportioned to the wants of the system--Appetite indicates these--Cautions in trusting to appetite--General error in eating too much--Illustrations from Beaumont...
25. CHAPTER III.What is the proper food of man?--Food to be adapted to constitution and circumstances--Diet must vary with time of life--Diet in infancy--The mother’s milk the best--Substitutes...
26. CHAPTER IV.General laws of organic activity apply to the stomach as well as to other parts--Increased flow of blood towards the stomach during digestion--Hence less circulating in other or...
27. CHAPTER V.Thirst the best guide in taking simple drinks--Thirst increased by diminution of the circulating fluids--The desire for liquids generally an indication of their propriety--Much...
28. CHAPTER VI.Functions of the intestines--The action of the bowels bears a natural relation to the kind of diet--Illustrations--And also to the other excretions--Practical conclusions from t...