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THE
PHILOSOPHY OF HEALTH;
OR,
AN EXPOSITION
OF THE
PHYSICAL AND MENTAL CONSTITUTION OF MAN,
WITH A VIEW TO THE PROMOTION OF
HUMAN LONGEVITY AND HAPPINESS.
BY
SOUTHWOOD SMITH, M.D.,
Physician to the London Fever Hospital, to the Eastern Dispensary,and to the Jews' Hospital.
IN TWO VOLUMES. Vol. I.
THIRD EDITION.
LONDON:
C. COX, 12, KING WILLIAM STREET, STRAND.
1847.
London: Printed by W. Clowes and Sons, Stamford Street.
CONTENTS OF VOL. I.
| Introduction | Page 1 | |
| CHAPTER I. | ||
| Characters by which living beings are distinguished frominorganic bodies—Characters by which animals aredistinguished from plants—Actions common to plants andanimals—Actions peculiar to animals—Actions includedin the ORGANIC circle—Actions included in the ANIMALcircle—Organs and functions defined—Action of physicalagents on organized structures—Processes of supply, andprocesses of waste—Reasons why the structure of theanimal is more complex than that of the plant | 13 | |
| CHAPTER II. | ||
| Two distinct lives combined in the animal—Characters ofthe apparatus of the organic life—Characters of theapparatus of the animal life—Characteristic differencesin the action of each—Progress of life—Progress ofdeath | 51 | |
| CHAPTER III. | ||
| Ultimate object of organization and life—Sources | ||
| of pleasure—Special provision by which the organicorgans influence consciousness and afford pleasure—Pointat which the organic organs cease to affect consciousness[Pg iv]and why—The animal appetites: the senses: the intellectualfaculties: the selfish and sympathetic affections: the moralfaculty—Pleasure the direct, the ordinary, and thegratuitous result of the action of the organs—Pleasureconducive to the development of the organs, and tothe continuance of their action—Progress of humanknowledge—Progress of human happiness | 73 | |
| CHAPTER IV. | ||
| Relation between the physical condition and happiness, andbetween hap ... BU KİTABI OKUMAK İÇİN ÜYE OLUN VEYA GİRİŞ YAPIN!Sitemize Üyelik ÜCRETSİZDİR! |