CONTENTS. 



Vll 



Page, i Page. 



Organs of smell in Fishes, - 203 Men bound to use such exer- 

 cise as conduces to health, 244 



Organs of Taste , 

 Organs of Touch, 



- 204 



- 205 



PART VI. 



MENTAL AND PHYSICAL EXER- 

 CISE, - - - - 207 



The Brain, 

 Size of the Brain. 



- 207 



- 208 



Phrenology, - 209 

 Phrenology wants more facts, 210 



Roget's Opinion, - - 211 



Bostock's Sentiments, - - 211 



Double Organs, - 217 



Susceptibility of the Bruin, - 218 



Of the Muscles, - - - 220 

 Action of the Muscles depend 



on the Brain, - - 220 



Muscular contraction, - - 220 



Mechanism of the Muscles, 221 

 Muscular action of the Arm 



and Hand, - 222 



Motions of the Fingers, - 225 



Connection between the Nervous 



and Muscular Systems, 227 

 Temperament and Disposition, 230 

 Force of muscular contraction, 231 

 Thomas Topham, - - 232 

 Increasing the muscular pow- 

 ers, - 233 



Practical inferences from the 



foregoing principles, - 235 



Connection between the Brain 



and Muscles, - - 235 



Muscular exercise of the Cler- 

 gy and other Literary 



Men, - 236 



Obvious effects of too much 



mental labor, - - 237 



Clergymen not allowed excit- 

 ing exercise; - - 238 



Men incapable of constant 



mental labor, - - 239 



Former condition of the Cler- 

 gy, - - - - 240 



Different effects of Exercise, 241 



Muscular exercise requires ce- 

 rebral excitement, - 242 



Dr. Darwin's case, - - 242 



Nature requires exciting exer- 

 cise, 243 



Effects of incessant mental la- 

 bor, - 245 



Mere attention to diet of little 



use, - 246 



Cheerfulness a remedy, - 247 



Laughing a proper exercise, 249 



Different kinds of muscular 



exercise, 

 Manual Labor, 



251 

 251 

 251 

 251 

 254 

 256 



Scientific Excursions, - -, ( ^ - 

 i Field Sports, - - ,' . 

 Angling, "-'.' 



Riding, .... 

 Exciting exercise absolutely 



necessary to the studious, 259 

 Sir Walter Scott an example, 260 



Physical and Mental Educa- 

 tion of Youth, - - 262 

 Consequences of confined po- 

 sition of Females at school, 263 

 Remarks of Dr. Combe, - 264 

 Remarks of Dr. Dick, - - 267 

 Callisthenics, ... 270 

 Archery, - 270 

 Selection of Bows and Arrows, 272 



APPENDIX. 



DESCRIPTION OF THE ATTITUDES, 277 



Standing, - 277 

 The Foot, .... 279 

 Walking, - 281 

 Pedestrianism, - . .- ,' - 282 

 Sitting, ..... 282 

 Causes of spinal curvatures, 283 

 Sitting postures described, - 285 

 Leaning posture, - - 286 

 Dress a source of deformity, 288 

 Fashionable Deformity, - 289 

 Effects of pressure on the mus- 

 cles of the back, - - 290 

 Application of these principles, 292 

 Effects of tight lacing on the 



Lungs, - - - 296 

 Pulmonary Consumption in 

 consequence of pressure on 



the Lungs, - - - 299 



Dr. Morton's case, "-."* '"- 301 



Mortality by Consumption, 304 

 Prevention of spinal distortion, 305 

 Effects of stays on the vigor 



of the species, - - 310 



