Instruction to the Invalid on the Nature of the Water Cure: In Connection with the Anatomy and Physiology of the Organs of Digestion and Nutrition |
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Page 202 - And the Lord turned, and looked upon Peter. And Peter remembered the word of the Lord, how he had said unto him, Before the cock crow, thou shalt deny me thrice. And Peter went out and wept bitterly.
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Page 40 - warm climates, to study moderation in eating, and men can bear hunger for a long time under the equator; but cold and hunger united very soon exhaust the body. The mutual action between the elements of the food and the oxygen conveyed by the circulation of the blood to every part of the body, is the source of animal heat.
Page ix - 1 will praise Thee; for I am fearfully and wonderfully made: marvellous are Thy works: and that my soul
Page 195 - Out of those substances which are adapted to the formation of blood are formed all the organized tissues. The other class of substances in the normal state of health, serve to support the process of respiration. The former may be called the plastic elements of nutrition; the latter
Page 40 - grains of oxygen are required. This quantity will be taken into the system of an adult in four days, two hours. Whether this oxygen enters into combination with the elements of the blood, or with other
Page ii - The Principles and Practice of the Water Cure: and Household Medical Science; In conversations on Physiology, on Pathology, or the nature of Disease and on Digestion, Nutrition Regimen and Diet. By
Page 158 - to know myself, and afterwards, by the same means, to show Him to others; to inform them, how great is His wisdom, His goodness, His power.
Page 40 - 9 0 oz. The quantities of carbon here mentioned are those given off from the bodies of these animals in the form of carbonic acid ; and it appears from them that the horse consumes, in converting carbon into carbonic acid,