. The physiology of digestion : considered with relation to the principles of dietetics . BOSTON: MARSH, CAPEN & LYON. 1836. A Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1836, by Marsh, Capen & Lyon,in the Clerks Office of the District Court of Massachusetts. Printed by William A. Hall & PREFACE. The present volume is essentially a continuation ofthe work first published about two years ago, under thetitle of The Principles of Physiology applied to thePreservation of Health and to the Improvement of Phys-ical and Mental Education ; and its object is the same—namely, to lay before t


. The physiology of digestion : considered with relation to the principles of dietetics . BOSTON: MARSH, CAPEN & LYON. 1836. A Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1836, by Marsh, Capen & Lyon,in the Clerks Office of the District Court of Massachusetts. Printed by William A. Hall & PREFACE. The present volume is essentially a continuation ofthe work first published about two years ago, under thetitle of The Principles of Physiology applied to thePreservation of Health and to the Improvement of Phys-ical and Mental Education ; and its object is the same—namely, to lay before the public a plain and intelligi-ble description of the structure and uses of some of the ore important organs of the human body, and to showow information of this kind may be usefully applied injractical life. In The Principles of Physiology, the structure andfunctions of the skin, muscles, bones, lungs, and ner-vous system, the laws or conditions of their healthy ac-tion, and the unsuspected origin of many of their diseasesin infringements of these laws, were explained in suc-cession and at considerable length ; and the means bywhich their health and efficiency might best be securedwere pointed out. It was stated that, in selecting theseorgans as subjects for discussion, 1 had been guided


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