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the symptoms of disease. Importance of the stethoscope 

 and other modern means of observation. 



Effects of foul air, ill-regulated exercise and confinement on 

 the health and intellect. Further remarks on domestic 

 discipline, and amusements. Management of parties. 

 Errors of social intercourse. Little men and women. 

 Rowdyism. Shopping. The regulation of public amuse- 

 ments incumbent on the statesman. Influence of woman. 

 Her duty to humanity superior to her obligations to fashion. 

 Respectability is above fashion. 



Evils of the modern method of warming rooms in cities. 

 Invigorating effects of cold. Alternation of seasons neces- 

 sary to vigor. Remarks on hot climates, natural and arti- 

 ficial. Ill effects of exercise in hot apartments, and of 

 sleeping in warm rooms. 



Air may be too pure for an invalid. Illustrations A fish in 

 the air Animals in oxygen gas. Mountain and sea air 

 in disease. Necessity of temperance in all things. 



Further remarks on cutaneous respiration. Effects of swamps 

 on consumption. Miasm. Exposure in the morning and 

 evening. Means of preserving health in sickly districts. 

 Choice of upper rooms in cities. Summer complaint of 

 children. Effects of vegetation around dwellings. Bless- 

 ings of taste. 



Description of the ABSOBBENT SYSTEM. 

 Influence of the veins on absorption. 

 In the most complex animals the food is not taken from the 



alimentary canal by the blood-vessels. 

 Intermediate system of vessels called LACTEALS. Their 



structure. The CHYLE. Its globules. MESENTERIC 



GLANDS. Their functions and structure. 

 Of the LYMPHATICS. Their structure and functions. Action 



of poisoned wounds. Bathing at sea. Food taken by 



other routs than the alimentary canal. 

 Reticulated character of all the vessels. The importance of 



this arrangement. Surgical illustrations. The effect of 



tying a large artery. Double sets of veins. Lacteals and 



lymphatics governed by similar laws. 



