(or atmosphere), heavy, ef-
fects of, on the human frame, 43.
hot, not wholesome, 29; ef-
fects of, 35, 36; shade, how salu-
tary in, 37, 444; not favourable
to long life, 404; causes why, 404;
more conducive to health than
cold, 405; favourable to the rear-
ing of children, 405; more chil-
dren die in cold than in a, 406;
change from a, to a cold one, pre-
judicial, 451.
light, effects of a, how to be
guarded against, 42.
moist, effects of, 41; dan-
gers of, removed by cultivation
and improvements, 41; effects of
changing from a dry to a, 451.
temperate, most adapted for
the preservation of health, and the
attainment of old age, 406; rea-
sons why, 406.
Climbing, uses of, 255.
Clothing, effects of different, in dif-
ferent countries, 239; what pro-
per for bed, 321, 323.
uses of, 354; advantages
of, as affording protection to the
body, 354; promoting cleanliness,
355; conducing to health and
strength, 355; disadvantages of,
as incurring expence, 356; imbib-
ing wet, and occasioning danger,
357; impropriety of make of, 357;
improper use of, 358; waste of
time at the toilet, 359; restraint
imposed by a formal dress, 360;
and danger of contagious disorders,
360; rules for, 360; materials of,
361; as leaves and bark of trees;
361; cotton, 362; skins, and fea-
thers of birds, 362; marine skins,
362; silk, 362; hair, wool, and
leather, 363; use of linen as, 363;
of cotton as, 365; of silk as, 365;
of wool as, 365; of fur, 368; of
leather, 368; of oil-skin, and wax-
cloth, 369; directions for, the head,
370; the neck, 373; the hands,
374; the body and arms, 375; the
feet, 381; rules for the male-sex
in regard to, 387; for females,
387; for children and young per-
sons, 389; for manhood, 390; for
old age, 391; for sickness, 392;
climate, 393; the seasons, 394;
custom and fashion, 394; the rich,
395; labouring people, 395; the
British army, 896; Board for the
army, recommended, 400; the co-
lour of, an important considera-
tion, 401; of a light colour, least
attractive of heat, 401; effect of,
on health, 461; of chamois-leather
recommended for the rheumatism,
Coats, uses of, in defending the body,
376, 377.
Cochrane, the Hon. Basil, experi-
ments of, with the steam-bath,
Cocoa, a bad substitute for choco-
late, 86; use of the oil of the nut,
137.
Code of medicine, establishment of
a, recommended, 534, 564; ad-
vantages to be derived from a,
535, 566; rewards suggested to be
given for communications towards
establishing a, 565; plan suggested
for drawing up a, 565.
Clothes taking fire, rules to be ob- Coffee, serviceable in removing a
head-ache, 84; and in assisting di-
gestion, 84, 85; effects of, on deli- |
cate constitutions, 85; counteracts
the effects of narcotics, 85; good
effects of, when not made too
strong, 85; an abusive indulgence
of, very injurious, 85; when first
used in England, 85; serviceable
in obviating the painful effects of
heat, cold and fatigue, 85; the best,
imported from Mocha, 85; cir-
cumstances to be attended to, in the
growth and preservation of, 85;
substitutes for, 85.
Cold air, beneficial and injurious ef-
fects of, on the human frame, 29,
47, &c.
Cold feet, method of warming, 492.
Colds, how taken, 38; symptoms of,
38; precautions against, 38; re-
medies for, 39, 520; what to be
avoided in, 520; the chief excit-
ing cause of epidemics, 40; aris-
ing from wet clothes, how pre-
vented, 546; remedies suggested
for the prevention of, 520.
Cold water, use of, in removing
chilblains, 527.
Colour of clothing, an object deserv-
ing attention, 401; dazzling co-
lours injurious to the eyes, 402.
Complexion of inhabitants, an indica-
tion of a good or bad air, 34.
Condiments, uses of, 177; divisions
of, 178; uses of saline, 178; of
sweet, 179; of acid, 179; of spicy,
180; of oleaginous, 183; of com-
pound, 183; of miscellaneous, 181;
of ices, as, 184; taken moderately,
useful, 184; otherwise hurtful, 185.
Cook, Captain, discovery by, of a
remedy for the scurvy, 43; sys-
tem of treating his ship's crew,
135, et seq.; by dividing the crew
into three watches, 135; by seeing
that they changed their wet clothes,
436; that their hammocks, bed-
ding, and clothing were clean and
dry, 486; that the decks were
cleaned, 436; that fires were oc-
casionally used between decks and
in the well, to remove damp, 437;
that the men did not sit in the
draught of the port-holes, 437;
that the coppers were well cleaned,
438; that the fat of the salted
meat was never given to the men,
488; that the crew had plenty of
fresh water on return to port, 438;
and that the water remaining on
board was started, 438.
Cookery, divisions of, 169; a medi-
cal work on, desirable, 169; ef-
fects of roasted meat, 170; boiled,
170; stewed, 171; broiled, 171;
fried, 171; baked, 172; digested,
172; converted into jellies, 172.
Conserve of roses, uses of, 71.
Constitution, necessity of every per-
son having some knowledge of his
own, 466.
Consumptions, beneficial effects on,
by removal from a high to a low
part of the country, S1, 32; may
be ameliorated by inhaling the
morning fresh air, 35; by the use
of milk, 73, 74; use of sage tea,
recommended in, 82; Ashburton
beer recommended for, 100; nay
be cured by proper exercise, 287;
recipe for the cure of, 521.
Consumptive people, climates re-
commended to, 444, 445.
Contentment, effects of, in contri-
buting to long life, 344.
Conversation, good effects resulting
from chearful, 465.
Convulsions, among children, why
more frequent in England than in
Scotland, 203.
Copper utensils, danger of, being
used in cookery, 514.
Cordials, use of, condemned, 112, 113.
Cornaro, a remarkable instance of
abstemiousness, and of longevity,
10, 195.
Corpulency, how reduced, 131, 278;
by the use of acids, Castile soap,
physic, digitalis, bathing, small
quantity of liquid and animal food,
hard exercise, 530; App. 39; little
sleep, light air, 531.
Corpulent people, should drink little,
459; sea-bathing recommended to,
479.
Costiveness, ill effects of, 222; causes
of, 222; means of prevention and
removal of, 223; liquids adapted
to remove, 224; should be removed
by diet and exercise rather than
by drugs, 225; what medicines
recommended to remove, 225, 226;
the use of glisters in removing,
228; and of barley meal, 248;
should be guarded against in tra-
velling, 430.
Cotton, advantages and disadvan-
tages of, as clothing, 365.
Cough, titillation of, prevented by
wearing crape over the face, 42;
good effects of air in catarrhal, 49;
Cramp, in the stomach, directions
for removing the, 518.
Crape, worn over the face, useful in
excluding air, 42.
Cream, an improper food for weak
stomachs, 71; but nourishing to
strong ones, 72; should not be
used at dinner, when wine is in-
tended to be taken, 72-scalded
or clouted, less offensive to the
stomach, and of more nourishment
than the raw, 72; should always
be used with tea, 80; recipé for
preserving, 440.
Cricket, use of, as an exercise, 258.
Cucumbers, not adapted to old per-
sons, 205.
Cudgelling, an useful gymnastic,
the use of tea, 81; measures recom-
mended by, for the relief of the
cramp, 518.
Curtains, bed, should not be drawn
all round, 423.
Custom, effects of, 33, 126, 223, 453,
471.
Cuts, remedy for healing, 518.
Cyder, properties of, 98; said by
Lord Bacon to be conducive to
health, 98; inebriating effects of,
more injurious than those of wine,
98; the manufacture of, should
be well attended to, 98; mode of
making, recommended by Dr.
Rush, 98; mixture of, with perry,
used in Normandy, 99.
Damp-rooms, danger of, 426.
Dancing, good effects of, 257, 560;
under what limitations to be in-
dulged, 560; what to be guarded
against after, 561.
Danger, of quitting hot rooms, with-
out proper precautions, 46.
Darwin, Dr., advice of, on the im-
portance of fresh air, 53.
Dates, properties of, 138.
D'Aubenton, Mons., remarks of, on,
and remedy for indigestion, 242.
Deaths, calculation of proportions of
in great towns, moderate towns,
and the country, 418.
Diet, advantages of a spare, 10, 11,
187; recommended in a cold, 39;
must be adapted to climate, 201;
the seasons, 202; infancy, 202;
childhood, youth, and manhood,
203; sickness, 204; old age, 204;
what quantity of, proper, 461.
Diet animal, arguments in favour of,
160; objections to, 161; should be
qualified by a due proportion of
vegetable, 161, 162; effects of,
exemplified in the Tartars, 162;
proportion of, with vegetable, de-
pendent on climate, bodily exer-
tion, and health, 163.
vegetable, arguments in favour
of, 158; arguments against, 159;
Cullen's observation on, 161; ef-
fects of, exemplified in the Gen-
too, 162; should be qualified by
animal, 162.
Digestion, impeded by indulgence,
207; dependent on the state of
the stomach, 214; carried on by
the operations of the saliva, the
gastric juice, the contractile power,
and the heat of the stomach, 214;
assisted by air, 215; promoted by
heat, 247.
Digging, of the earth, beneficial to
health, 35.
Dinner, a late, hurtful, 189; descrip-
tion of a French, 189; practice of
hurrying the, condemned, 191;
condemnation by Dr. Gregory of
a late, 192; good effects of eating
only one kind of animal food at,
Discrepancy, of dress, condemned,
Diseases, by timely application of
proper means, may in many cases
be prevented, 2; causes of, 12;
imaginary, frequently bring on
real, 16.
Distillation, use of, in procuring
pure water, 65.
Distilled water, uses of, 65; how
the bad taste of, cured, 66; re-
commended by Dr. Heberden to
be used in our foreign possessions,
Dobson, Dr., opinion of, on sea air,
Doleus, opinion of, concerning the
cure of the gout, 74.
Donald, remark of, on exercise, 8.
Draining of land, beneficial to health,
Dram-drinking, pernicious effects of,
Drawers, the use of, recommended,
379, 388.
Drawing, great advantages to be de-
rived from the knowledge of, 561.
Dreaming, disturbs sleep, 326; uses
of, 326; indication of health or
otherwise, 464.
Dress, incongruity of, condemned,
Dropsy, cured by the use of liver-
wort, 529.
Dropsy-anasarcous, cured by riding
on horseback, 289.
Droughts, injurious effects of, 30;
less operative on inhabitants on
the sea coast, than in inland
towns, 30.
Drowning, rules recommended by
the Royal Humane Society to be
used in cases of, 506.
Drunkenness, the baneful effects of,
on mind and body, 92, 93, 111,
124, 126; more prevalent in cold
than in warm climates, 125; causes
why, 125; methods of recovering
from the habit of, 126; recipé for
the cure of sickness arising from,
127; remedies to be applied to re-
cover animation suspended from,
Dry air, good and bad properties of,
Dumb-bells, great utility of, in open-
ing the chest, 274.
Duplanil, Dr., directions by, for tra-
velling, 434.
Dutch, the, salutary construction of
the houses of, 427.
Ear-ache, how alleviated, 492.
Early rising, great use of, in promot-
ing excretions by the bowels, 221;
in benefiting the sight, 313; in
strengthening the frame, App. 33.
Earth and sand baths, use of, 499.
Edinburgh Infirmary, ingenious me-
thod of admitting fresh air into
the fever ward, in, 47.
Eding, Mr., essay of, on bread-mak-
king, recommended, 173.
Education, great importance of, 539;
time of commencing, 545; re-
marks on, 545; should be directed
in a manner not to disgust, 546;
how promoted, 546, 547; use of
schools in, 547.
Eggs, nutritious properties of, 153.
Egg-tea, recipe for making, 440.
Egypt, effects and continuance of
the campsin, or hot winds, in, 30.
Elastic-fluids, a discovery of modern
chemists, 21.
Electricity, uses of, 281, 507, 516,
522; has greater effect on muscu-
lar and healthy men, than on others,
App. 39.
Elixir of longevity, recipé for mak-
ing the, 241.
Emetics, serviceable in removing
colds, 40.
Epidemics, generally caused by colds,
40; not so frequent in Britain as
on the Continent, 40.
Eruptions of the skin, how removed,
498; App. 42.
Erysipelas, more frequent in London
than elsewhere, 51; recipé for the
cure of, 510.
Essentials, to health and longevity, 17.
Essex, the hundreds of, improved by
cultivation, 41.
Europeans, children of, should be
sent from the East and West In-
dies to Europe, till their form be
established, 28.
Evacuations, by the bowels, essential
to health, 221; regularity of, of
great consequence, 221; best
means of promoting, 221, et seq.;
by urine, danger of postponing,
232; means of promoting, 233.
Exercise, conducive to health, 8, 11;
beneficial effects of, in the air, in
all changes of weather, 45; what
recommended to old people, 50;
should not be taken immediately
after dinner, 193; effects of, on
the preservation of health, by
duly stimulating the functions of
the body, 250; on the acquire-
ment of strength to sustain labour,
250; on the improvement of the
faculties, 251; App. 40; on the
means of procuring subsistence,
and the conveniences of life, 251;
divisions of, 252; much more es-
sential to children, than learning,
253; benefits resulting from, 253;
necessity and advantages of, in
the prevention of disease, 281,
et seq.; circulates and purifies
the blood, and strengthens the
digestive powers, 283; useful in
preventing liver and nervous com-
plaints, 284; particular kinds of,
adapted to particular diseases,
284; gives the countryman a
greater share of health and happi-
ness, than the affluent and luxuri-
ous, 284; has a beneficial effect
on the mind, 285; advantages re
sulting from, exemplified in the
instances of Cicero and Julius
Cæsar, 285; great use of, in the
cure of diseases, 286; the gout,
286; rheumatism, 287; consump-
tion, 287; nervous disorders, 288;
the bilious colick, 288; the dropsy,
289; the palsy, 289; diseases of
the mind, 289; the common aid
to physic, 290, proper times of
taking, 291, 300; a greater quan-
tity of, necessary in winter than
in summer, 292; quantity of,
must vary according to circum-
stances, 293; should have stated
hours, 293, 295; should not be
carried to excess, 295; except oc-
casionally, 295; rules to youth
for taking, 286; to manhood, 297;
to age, 297; in sickness, 297; in
convalescence, 298; miscellaneous
remarks on the great advantages
resulting from, 299; various di-
rections concerning, in regard to
time, quantity, &c. 300; in re-
gard to solid and liquid food,
302; in regard to clothing and
bathing, 303; and in regard to the
employment of the mind, 303;
much out-door, recommended in
consumptive cases, 522; good ef-
fects of, in reducing corpulency,
App. 39.
Exercises, various sorts of, adapted
to children, and youth, 253; as rid-
ing wooden horses, hopping, run-
ning, trundling of hoops, throw-
ing, lifting, and carrying, balanc-
ing, climbing, skipping, sliding,
skaiting, swinging, bell-ringing,
playing at fives, and dancing, 253,
et seq.
various sorts of, adapted
to manhood, 258; as tennis, cricket,
golf, 258; shinty, swimming, row-
ing, 259; angling, hunting, gar-
dening, 260; pursuits of agricul-
gymnastic, 262; as leaping,
263; foot-racing, 264; foot-ball,
domestic, healthful, 272; as
billiards, 272; shuttle-cock, 273;
dumb-bells, 273; pensile beds, 274;
declaiming, 275; friction, 275;
electricity, 281; galvanism, 281.
Eyes, the, are affected by fogs, 41;
are strengthened by exposure to
air, 46; and by an infusion of tea,
78; are affected by a large fire,
299; are benefited by early rising,
313; hints for the preservation of,
of the British army, 397; less af-
fected by the use of tallow candles
than of wax, 457; what injurious
to, 460; applications suggested
for, 528.
Fainting fits, remedies to be applied
to recover from, 507.
Falconer, Dr., observation of, on the
use of wine, 123; on the effects of
climate, 125.
Fashion of clothing, frequently intro-
duced to conceal a defect, 394;
how far it may be followed, 394.
Fasting, bad effects of too long, 192,
Fear, baneful operations of, in occa-
sioning and encouraging diseases,
346; analysis of the passion of,
App. 49.
Feather beds, use of, condemned,
321, 426.
Feet, importance of keeping them
warm, 382; coverings for the, as
sandals, shoes, half-boots, and boots,
382; methods adopted to keep the,
dry, 385.
Fencing, benefits resulting from a
knowledge of the art of, 266; App.
Fens, the air of, improved by cul-
tivation, 31.
Ferguson (Adam), remark of, on
longevity, 13.
Fermented liquors, forbidden by Sy-
denham to be used in inveterate
cases of the gout, 75; observations
on, 88; baneful effects produced
by an abuse of, 92, 93; quantity
of, used in a day, 117.
Fevers, frequently increased by ex-
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