HEADINGS, are {mall — or tunnels driven under 
ground to collect a nd draw off the fprings of water from 
‘any tunnel, deep-cutting, or other lange wor 
HEALFANG, Heatsrane, or Hals iieg: in our An- 
cient Cufloms, fignifies colliftrigium, or the punifhment of the 
illo 
s The word is compounded of two Saxon words; hal, 
neck, and pangen, to contain: “ Pena {cilicet qua alicui collum 
ftringatur.’’ The hea 
lory in the charter of Canutus, De Foreltis, cap. xiv. “ 
he culpa folvat regi duos folidet: quos Da vocant half. 
i 
EALFANG is alfo taken for a pecuniary punifhment or 
_mul& to commute for ftanding in the’ ne ry ; and is to be 
paid either to the king or to the chie 
“Qui falfum teftimonium dedit, edt regi, vel terre do- 
mino healfang.” n. I. 
HEALING, in its general fenfe, includes the whole 
oe of curing or removing a diforder, and recovering 
‘ this fenfe, medicine is defined the art of a 
its more reftrained fenfe, as ufed in furgery, &c. heal- 
ing denots the uniting or confolidating the lips of a wound | 
or ulcer. 
medicines proper for this intention, are called incar- 
nalives,  dagiobeaihes, vulneraries, &C. 
‘Dr. Beal has a difcourfe of fanative or healing fprings 
and waters, in the Philofophical Tranfactions, 
Hearixe, in Architedure, denotes the covering the roof 
of a building. 
The healing i is various ; as of persis tiles, flate, Horfham- ; 
ftone, fhingles, or reed and ftra 
HEALTH, may be defined Bee eaekiion of the living 
body, i 7 a Se its funétions are performed without im- 
pedimen 
fencer ebted without lesser to life, are the 
circulation of the blood, of breathing, and « of wi gti om! 
1Crea ng 
thefe powers alone, ~ however, the machine itd gre 
perith, for its folids would be worn down, and’ its fluids 
diffipated by the inceffant motion, or they wo 
taneoufly corrupted. But, the intelligent con{tru¢tor 
machine has endowed it with powers of repairing its ae, 
and of fara fonction its tendency to deftruction. 
the natura’ funétions, as they have been called, of 
wore neceflities es ete. We lens 
lesa that being, thus s endowed, i 
Wo. XV. 
:, 
lfang, kage ee Seany a = ne 
. labour; although fevere and lon 
be fenfes are capable o petformin 
te HEA 
decay, and to diffolve into his priftine elements ; bat agait 
this contingency alfo an amp 
: ; se pn 
nerative faculties or fan ions the divifion of the fexes, and * 
the inflinctive appetites conneéted with them. See Fun 
TION, and Lirz. 
While each and all of thefe operations of the living 
fyftem are rformed with regularity, freedom, and eafe, the 
body is faid to bein health. This flate of health, h 
various temperaments and ear af individuals, which 
often defcend from one generation to another; the various 
anf of talent and at pshtians 3 of shoe Ss 
en 
Health sein isa difeafe, as we have before re OA aE 
(fee Disrasr,) are to be confidered i in fome degree as re- 
lative terms, regarding the individual, as compared with the 
generality of men, and alfo with hi mfelf at different times. 
he moft <7 a health, however, is generally conneéted 
with a certain pide of the corpore organts and is marked 
y certain iigns and qualities ! the Thus. the 
te Ns conititution, in w e fartioas are ufually 
arried on in the moft healthy manner, is found in a well- 
formed and proportioned body, ene is neither very tall nor 
ery fhort, neither lean nor loaded with fat ; whichis rather 
fo ut than flender, and is efpecially Caan with an open 
full cheft, and a breadth of fhoulders. The bones, in fuch 
a frame, are fomewhat large, the mufcles flefhy, well 
breed: firm, and ftrong; the fin foft, never dry, but 
with a Hight fendeney to moilture, and its colour, efpeciall 
in the face, fteady and not variable, whether verging. iodide 
the fair or the fen provided it neither approximate to 
palenefs on the one hand, nor to yellownefs on Ee other. 
The countenance is open and cheerful, with bright and quick 
eyes; and thetceth found and ftrong. ‘The ftep is firm, the 
limbs giving a perfect fupport to the body ; the walk ereé& 
all exercife is performed with eafe and Teddi and even 
continued, docs 
hauft or derange the See All the organs of the external 
Aion 
other; the hose is calm and continued, not eafily di (hed. 
ing’ to the frame, and devoid, if not of all dreams, at 
leaft of t oe that are 
the cares of life in a calm and 1 oblivion, or at leaft 
- foothes the mind with the agreeable phantoms of the imagi- 
nation. 
Among the figns of health may be alfo enumerated, a 
ce calm and regular circulation of the blood, the pulfe of shi 
arteries 
wee nor too flow, nor eatil 
a’ full, free 
tion, or any un facta omach ; the d charge fi sa 
the bowels obietunaire, ur, and confiftence, and 
- curring daily ; and the urine ealily retained during a 
og of time, and then paffe 
various in ag ate and tran 
e 
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