# The physiology of digestion considered with relation to the principles of dietetics

Author: Combe, Andrew, 1797-1847

Genre: Category: Science - Biology

Language: English

License: Public domain

Source: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/72451

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## Summary

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 their food--Animals, being obliged to wander, receive their food at intervals into a stomach--Nutrition most active when growth and waste are greatest--In vegetables the same causes which increase these processes also stimulate nutrition--But animals require a monitor to warn them when food is needed--The sense of Appetite answers this purpose--The possession of a stomach implies a sense of Appetite to regulate the su...

## Chapters

- [Chapter VI., in the great vein under the clavicle or collar-bone, hence](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-physiology-of-digestion-considered-with-relation-to-the-pri-d6a57d4e/chapters/18/index.md)
- [CHAPTER V.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-physiology-of-digestion-considered-with-relation-to-the-pri-d6a57d4e/chapters/19/index.md)
- [CHAPTER III.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-physiology-of-digestion-considered-with-relation-to-the-pri-d6a57d4e/chapters/25/index.md)
- [CHAPTER VI.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-physiology-of-digestion-considered-with-relation-to-the-pri-d6a57d4e/chapters/28/index.md)
- [CHAPTER II.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-physiology-of-digestion-considered-with-relation-to-the-pri-d6a57d4e/chapters/24/index.md)
- [CHAPTER I.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-physiology-of-digestion-considered-with-relation-to-the-pri-d6a57d4e/chapters/23/index.md)
- [CHAPTER II.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-physiology-of-digestion-considered-with-relation-to-the-pri-d6a57d4e/chapters/15/index.md)
- [CHAPTER V.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-physiology-of-digestion-considered-with-relation-to-the-pri-d6a57d4e/chapters/27/index.md)
- [CHAPTER III.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-physiology-of-digestion-considered-with-relation-to-the-pri-d6a57d4e/chapters/16/index.md)
- [CHAPTER IV.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-physiology-of-digestion-considered-with-relation-to-the-pri-d6a57d4e/chapters/20/index.md)
- [CHAPTER IV.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-physiology-of-digestion-considered-with-relation-to-the-pri-d6a57d4e/chapters/26/index.md)
- [letter C, and has its convexity turned towards the right, while the](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-physiology-of-digestion-considered-with-relation-to-the-pri-d6a57d4e/chapters/21/index.md)
- [CHAPTER I.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-physiology-of-digestion-considered-with-relation-to-the-pri-d6a57d4e/chapters/14/index.md)
- [CHAPTER VI.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-physiology-of-digestion-considered-with-relation-to-the-pri-d6a57d4e/chapters/13/index.md)
- [CHAPTER IV.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-physiology-of-digestion-considered-with-relation-to-the-pri-d6a57d4e/chapters/17/index.md)
- [CHAPTER V.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-physiology-of-digestion-considered-with-relation-to-the-pri-d6a57d4e/chapters/5/index.md)
- [CHAPTER IV.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-physiology-of-digestion-considered-with-relation-to-the-pri-d6a57d4e/chapters/4/index.md)
- [CHAPTER I.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-physiology-of-digestion-considered-with-relation-to-the-pri-d6a57d4e/chapters/1/index.md)
- [CHAPTER III.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-physiology-of-digestion-considered-with-relation-to-the-pri-d6a57d4e/chapters/10/index.md)
- [CHAPTER IV.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-physiology-of-digestion-considered-with-relation-to-the-pri-d6a57d4e/chapters/11/index.md)
- [CHAPTER V.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-physiology-of-digestion-considered-with-relation-to-the-pri-d6a57d4e/chapters/12/index.md)
- [CHAPTER II.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-physiology-of-digestion-considered-with-relation-to-the-pri-d6a57d4e/chapters/2/index.md)
- [CHAPTER I.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-physiology-of-digestion-considered-with-relation-to-the-pri-d6a57d4e/chapters/8/index.md)
- [CHAPTER II.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-physiology-of-digestion-considered-with-relation-to-the-pri-d6a57d4e/chapters/9/index.md)
- [CHAPTER VI.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-physiology-of-digestion-considered-with-relation-to-the-pri-d6a57d4e/chapters/6/index.md)
- [CHAPTER III.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-physiology-of-digestion-considered-with-relation-to-the-pri-d6a57d4e/chapters/3/index.md)
- [PART II.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-physiology-of-digestion-considered-with-relation-to-the-pri-d6a57d4e/chapters/7/index.md)
- [PART II.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-physiology-of-digestion-considered-with-relation-to-the-pri-d6a57d4e/chapters/22/index.md)