| The Principles of Physiology Applied to the Preservation of Health and to the Improvement of Physical and Mental Education Contributor(s): Combe, Andrew (Author), Coxe, James (Editor) |
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ISBN: 116322443X ISBN-13: 9781163224434 Publisher: Kessinger Publishing OUR PRICE: $33.80 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: September 2010 * Not available - Not in print at this time * |
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| BISAC Categories: - Education | Physical Education - Health & Fitness - History |
| Physical Information: 0.94" H x 9.02" W x 6" (1.55 lbs) 364 pages |
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| Publisher Description: 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. |