Chapter LVIII

THE “TWELVE COMMANDMENTS” FOR THE PRESERVATION OF YOUTH, AND THE
ATTAINMENT OF A GREEN OLD AGE.

IN his report on the autopsy of Thomas Parr, who lived to the age of 152 years and 9 months, Dr. Harvey, physician to the king, attributed his death to the change from a frugal diet of subrancid cheese, milk in every form, and coarse, hard bread, to the rich feeding he received in London, and to the change from the healthy air of the country to the foggy climate of the metropolis. We also dwelt on the important fact that by his leading such a peasant’s life, free from care owing to its simplicity it contributed to his very advanced age; for, as the great Harvey pithily put it, “sorry fare, but free from care.”

We thus see that this celebrated discoverer of the circulation of the blood ascribed special importance, for the attainment of an advanced old age, to these same agencies, viz.: living temperately and in the open air, and absence from worry, the importance of which we have demonstrated by scientific evidence in the various chapters of this book.

We have found, among the cases of those who lived to a great age, sometimes much over one hundred years, very numerous instances of persons who were in poor circumstances, existing on a very simple diet, but who were free from cares. To attain such a measure of simple diet does not require any very great effort of mind; peasants obtain it without care or worry. If we were asked for the best means of living to be 100 years old we would say: become a peasant or a pauper and be received into an English workhouse.

It is astonishing how many of the inmates of the English workhouses and other similar institutions for the poor become very aged. They have no anxieties about getting their daily bread, and oftentimes they are fed better than they would have been in their homes, although only the minimum amount of hygienic food is given. (This certainly would not have applied to the English workhouses before the days of Charles Dickens.) Workhouse inmates lead a very regular and frugal life, rising in the small hours of the morning and retiring to bed early in the evening. Thus, in winter time, they can never contract pneumonia by coming home late from the overheated theatre, concert, or club-house. They also need not worry about their fortunes, for they have none.

We may thus conclude that a workhouse may be a more favorable place for reaching a good old age than a palace, which coincides with the pithy words of Dr. Harvey already quoted.

To the three agencies of frugality, fresh air, and no worries we would like to add the great advantage of sunshine, plenty of milk in the diet, and little meat, a daily proper action of the bowels, a daily bath, rational clothing, and above all—considering the great importance of the functions of the glands with internal secretion as a means of freeing our body from poisonous products, and thus preventing premature old age—we must insist on the rational hygiene of these organs, and on the reinforcement of their functions, if changed by age or disease, by means of extracts obtained from similar organs of healthy animals.

From long study of the lives of the patriarchs of great age—who, according to evidence, sometimes legal, and acknowledged also by such authorities as Professor Pflüger[382] and Pel,[383] have attained an age much over 100, and in some cases even of 160—we have come to the conclusion that, by following the hygienic rules we have laid down in the various chapters in this book, we certainly can preserve our youthfulness till 50 or 60, and our life to 100 or over.

Footnote 382:

Loc. cit.

Footnote 383:

Pel: Loc. cit.

We fully acknowledge the value of descent from long-lived families, but we may refer to the instances we have quoted of persons descended from short-lived families and yet living to be nearly 100.

It would, indeed, be most foolish to feel like an old man or woman when but 40 or 50, and to die perhaps at 60, when, by the exercise of a little judgment, we can considerably prolong our youth, which may otherwise be fast flitting away, preparing us for an early grave, and enjoy our life twice as much by being free from pains and ailments.

Most of the evils that befall us in this world, including premature old age and early death, are, in our opinion, as we have often repeated, solely due to our own negligence; and to avoid such a fate we recommend the following precepts:—

1. To be as much as possible in the open air, and especially in the sunshine; and to take plenty of exercise, taking special care to breathe deeply and regularly.

2. To live on a diet consisting of: meat once a day, eggs, cereals, green vegetables, fruit, and raw milk of healthy cows (as much as the stomach will permit); and to masticate properly.

3. To take a bath daily; and in addition, once a week or once every two weeks, to take a sweat bath (if the heart can stand it).

4. To have a daily action of the bowels; and in addition to take a purgative once a week if there is any tendency to constipation.

5. To wear very porous underwear, preferably cotton; porous clothing, loose collars, light hat (if any), and low shoes.

6. To go to bed early, and to rise early.

7. To sleep in a very dark and very quiet room, and with a window open; and not to sleep less than six to six and one-half hours, or more than seven and one-half, and for women eight and one-half, hours.

8. To have one complete day’s rest in each week, without even reading or writing.

9. To avoid mental emotions, and also worries about things that have happened and cannot be altered, as well as about things that may happen. Never to say unpleasant things, and to avoid listening to such, if possible.

10. To get married; and if a widow or widower, to marry again; and to avoid sexual activity beyond the physiological limit, as also to avoid a total suppression of the functions of these organs.

11. To be temperate in the use of alcohol and tobacco, and also in the use of coffee or tea.

12. To avoid places that are overheated, especially by steam, and badly ventilated. To replace or reinforce the functions of the organs which may have become changed by age or disease, by means of the extracts from the corresponding organs of healthy animals; but only to do this _under the strict supervision of medical men_ who are thoroughly familiar with the functions of the ductless glands.

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GLOSSARY.

=Acetone, Acetonum.= An inflammable, colorless liquid of an acrid taste
and a penetrating odor. Occurring in small quantities in the blood
and urine and in considerable quantities at times in diabetic urine.

=Acetonitrile.= Methyl cyanide. A colorless volatile liquid.

=Acetonuria.= The presence of an abnormal amount of acetone in the
urine.

=Acromegalia, Acromegaly.= A chronic nervous disease, usually of adults
and marked by abnormal processes of growth, especially in the head,
face, and extremities: Marie’s disease. It has in many cases been
found to be associated with disease of the pituitary body and the
thyroid gland.

=Adenoid.= Resembling a gland. Name given to masses of hypertrophied
glands normally present in the nasopharynx.

=Adolescence.= Youth: the period between puberty and full development.

=Adrenal.= Situated near the kidney. The suprarenal capsule.

=Agglutinin.= A substance, occurring according to some investigators in
blood-plasma, according to others only in the serum after
coagulation, comparatively resistant to heat, drying, putrefaction,
etc., showing many of the characteristics of proteids, and producing
agglutination or sticking together by its action on the surface of
foreign cells.

=Alexin.= Any principle that accompanies a pathogenic cell growth and is
antagonistic to its evil effects, a defensive proteid. Any
albuminous preparation used for protective inoculation.

=Alkalimetry.= The process of determining the amount of free alkali in
various substances.

=Alveolar.= Belonging to the alveoli.

=Alveoli.= (_a_) Bony socket of a tooth; (_b_) an air-cell of the lung;
(_c_) a cavity, pit, or recess.

=Amenorrhea.= Absence or stoppage of the menstrual discharge, normal
during pregnancy.

=Amphibia.= A class of vertebrates forming a transitional group between
the fishes and air-breathing animals, usually having gills in the
larval form and lungs in the adult.

=Amyl Nitrite.= A drug which produces vasodilation—opening of the
blood-paths. Formerly used in trigeminal neuralgia and malaria.

=Amylaceous.= Composed of starch: starch-like.

=Amylolytic.= Tending to dissolve starch, and thus to favor its
conversion into sugar: sometimes applied to the saliva.

=Analogous Tissue.= A diseased tissue resembling a normal elementary
tissue of the body.

=Anemia.= Deficiency of the blood in quantity or quality, either general
or local.

=Anomaly.= Irregularity: deviation from rule.

=Antipyretic.= A remedy to lower temperature.

=Antipyrin.= A colorless, almost odorless, crystalline powder or tabular
crystals, with a slightly bitter taste, prepared by the condensation
of phenylhydrazine with aceto-acetic ether with the subsequent
menthylation of the product.

=Antitoxic.= The quality of counteracting poisons: overcoming toxic
influences.

=Antivenin, Antivenomous Serum.= A polyvalent blood-serum prepared from
animals rendered immune to snake-venom.

=Aorta.= The larger arterial trunk arising from the left ventricle of
the heart, and indirectly giving origin to every artery except the
pulmonary and its ramifications.

=Arborization.= A branching distribution of veinlets or of
nerve-filaments, especially the branched terminal ramifications of a
nerve-axon.

=Arteriosclerosis.= Sclerosis or hardening of the walls of an artery,
especially of the inner coats.

=Atheroma.= A form of fatty degeneration of the coats of the arteries in
arteriosclerosis, producing patches of induration or of softening.

=Athyroidia.= A condition caused by an insufficiency of thyroid
secretion.

=Atrophy.= A regressive metamorphosis, “wasting away” (not always due to
imperfect nutrition), in which the parts become smaller by
diminution of their elements, either in size or in number.

=Attenuated.= Drawn out thin. The lessening of weight, as by dietetic
and medicinal treatment.

=Auto-intoxication.= Poisoning with toxic products elaborated within the
body. Self-infection from self-formed poisons.

=Axilla.= The armpit.

=Bacteria.= Any of the microscopic, unicellular masses of protoplasm
referred to a genus. Each is surrounded by an envelope, the total
vital capacity of each species being represented by every cell.

=Butyric.= Relating to or derived from butter.

=Cachexia.= A depraved condition or habit of body or nutrition.

=Calcium Carbonate.= A soft, white, inodorous substance. =Chalk.= It
occurs in shells, bones, and marble.

=Callus.= The osseous substance deposited between and around the divided
portions of a fractured bone. Unnatural hardness or induration of
any soft part or a thickening of the cuticle, caused by pressure or
friction.

=Calorie.= The unit of heat, or the quantity of heat required to raise 1
gram of water 1 degree centigrade.

=Carbohydrate.= Any one of a group of chemical compounds in which carbon
is combined with hydrogen and oxygen, which exist in the same
proportions as in water, the carbon atoms usually being a multiple
of six.

=Catabolism.= The production of a simpler substance from a more complex.
Passage of tissue material from a higher to a lower plane of
specialization or complexity.

=Catalysis.= In chemistry a reaction that appears to take place owing to
the mere presence of another body that apparently undergoes no
change.

=Catalytic.= Belonging to or causing catalysis.

=Cellulose.= A carbohydrate forming the framework or skeleton of plants,
and the most abundant substance in the vegetable kingdom except
water.

=Chlorotic.= Relating to chlorosis. A person affected with chlorosis, or
“green sickness,” a form of anemia.

=Choledochus.= The common bile-duct.

=Choline.= A ptomaine found in brain tissues, in the bile, in yolks of
egg, and in many decomposing animal and vegetable tissues.

=Chromatolysis.= The breaking down and dissolution of the chromatin of
cell-nuclei.

=Chromophile.= Stainable or easily stained, or absorbing of color.

=Cirrhosis.= A disease of the liver or other organs marked by
proliferation and increase of the interstitial connective tissue,
which subsequently contracts or shrinks, producing atrophy and
degeneration of the parenchymatous substance.

=Climacteric.= A particular epoch of the ordinary term of life marked by
periods of seven years, at which the body is supposed to be
peculiarly affected, and to suffer considerable change. Used to
indicate the “change of life,” or cessation of menstruation in
women.

=Clinical.= Pertaining to the sick-bed treatment of a patient.

=Colloid.= Resembling glue.

=Connective tissue.= The framework tissue which supports and connects
other tissues and organs.

=Convoluted Tubule.= The contorted portion of a uriniferous tubule.

=Corpus Luteum.= “Yellow body,” the yellow mass in the ovary occupying
the place of a Graafian follicle which has discharged its ovum.

=Cretinism.= A congenital disease, characterized by goiter, stunted
growth, swelled abdomen, wrinkled skin, wan complexion, vacant and
stupid countenance, misshapen cranium, idiocy, and comparative
insensibility. Disturbance of the function of the thyroid gland is
accredited as the cause.

=Cystitis.= Inflammation of the urinary bladder.

=Dementia Præcox.= Any form of dementia beginning at puberty and marked
by negativism, stereotypy, mannerisms, and verbigeration.

=Desquamation.= A scaling off. The separation of laminæ or scales from
the skin, or from mucous or serous surfaces, or from bones.

=Dextrin.= A soluble carbohydrate into which starch is converted by
action of diastase or dilute acids.

=Diabetes Mellitus.= A disorder of metabolism characterized by chronic
hyperglycemia and glycosuria on a diet not containing excessive
amounts of sugar, and associated with polyuria, polydipsia,
polyphagia, emaciation; often dryness of the mouth and skin;
sometimes boils, carbuncles, spontaneous gangrene, loss of sexual
power, or nervous affections.

=Diuresis.= Increased discharge of urine, from whatever cause.

=Ductless Glands=. Glands without an excretory duct.

=Dynamometer.= An instrument with which to measure the force of muscular
contraction, especially of the hand grasp.

=Ectropion.= Eversion of the edge of a part, especially of the eyelid or
eyelids.

=Edema.= A swelling from effusion of serous fluid into the cellular
substance.

=Emunctory.= Excretory. Any excretory duct of the body.

=Endometritis.= Inflammation of the inner lining membrane of the body of
the uterus.

=Enemata.= Liquids or injections thrown into the rectum; clysters.

=Enteroptosis.= Prolapse of the intestines.

=Enzyme.= A ferment. A substance showing proteid-like reactions, easily
destroyed by moderate heat, originating from living cells, either
directly or through the intermediate stage of a pro-enzyme, and
showing a metabolic activity in converting a specific substance or
substances into certain other products in a manner and to an extent
independent of the amount of enzyme present and without being itself
used up in the process.

=Epiphysial.= Pertaining to or of the nature of an epiphysis.

=Epiphysis.= A piece of bone growing upon another, as the bulky
extremities of long bone which are in early life separated by
cartilage from the shaft.

=Epithelium, -lia.= Epithelial cells: cells which form the surface of
the skin, mucous membranes, and line all canals having
communications with the external air.

=Erythematous.= Of the nature of erythema; redness of the skin.

=Ethnographical.= Concerning the science of the characteristics of the
human family.

=Etiology.= The science of the causation of disease.

=Exophthalmic Goiter.= Synonyms: Graves’s disease, Basedow’s disease. A
disease marked by protrusion of the eyes, enlarged thyroid gland,
anemia, and overaction of the heart.

=Extirpation.= The complete removal or eradication of a part by the
knife or by caustic.

=Faradization.= A method of treating disease by a localized application
of induction currents.

=Follicle.= A little bag: applied in anatomy to a very small cavity or
tubular gland, as the hair glands and the sebaceous glands of the
skin.

=Follicular.= Resembling or belonging to a follicle.

=Gastroptosis.= A downward displacement of the stomach.

=Glomerulus.= (1) A small, rounded mass. (2) A part of the kidney; a
coil of blood-vessels projecting into the extended ends of each
uriniferous tubule.

=Glycosuria.= The presence of sugar in the urine.

=Graves’s Disease.= (See Exophthalmic Goiter.)

=Hemianopsia.= Blindness in one-half of the field of vision of one or
both eyes.

=Hemoglobin.= A red, crystalline substance, of uncertain and very
complex composition, found in red blood-corpuscles of the venous
blood, and believed to consist of hemochromogen and a proteid.

=Histology.= The science of the minute structure and composition of the
different tissues of organized bodies.

=Hyaline Cast.= A nearly transparent and clear urinary cast.

=Hydrothyonuria.= The presence of hydrogen sulphide in the urine.

=Hyperactivity.= Abnormal activity.

=Hyperemia.= Excess of blood in any part due to increased influx or
obstruction of the outflow.

=Hyperesthesia.= Morbid increase of the general sensibility, or of one
of the special senses.

=Hyperleucocytosis.= Increase in the number of leucocytes in the blood.

=Hyperplasia.= The increase of the number of the individual structural
elements of a tissue.

=Hyperpyrexia.= Abnormally high fever, especially when over 42° C. or
106° F.

=Hypersecretion.= Excessive secretion.

=Hypertrophy.= Enlargement of a part or an organ, especially when due to
over-nutrition.

=Hypothyroidia.= Diminished function of the thyroid gland.

=Impermeable.= Not permeable: not permitting a passage through.

=Interstitial Hepatitis.= Inflammation of the interstitial connective
tissue of the liver.

=Interstitial Nephritis.= Acute or chronic inflammation of the kidneys.

=Lab-ferment.= The ferment (or enzyme) of rennet which coagulates milk,
forming curds.

=Lactation.= The time or period of secreting milk.

=Lactic.= Pertaining to or derived from milk.

=Lanolin.= A body consisting of cholesterin and fatty acids obtained
from sheep’s wool: used as a basis for ointments, especially with
equal parts of petrolatum, on account of its ready absorption and
its peculiar resistance to the growth of bacteria.

=Lecithin.= A complex nitrogenous fatty substance occurring widely
spread throughout the animal body; chemically, a glycerophosphate of
neurin.

=Leguminous.= Pertaining to the fruit or seed that is used as a food,
such as peas, beans, etc., rarely any esculent vegetable.

=Leucocyte.= A white blood-corpuscle or one of the cells resembling it.

=Leucocytolysis.= The destruction of leucocytes, as by bacterial
extracts.

=Leucomaine.= Any of a number of basic bodies, such as ornithin, the
hexone and purin bases, etc., which are the normal products of
tissue metabolism.

=Maceration.= The act of steeping a substance in hot or cold water,
usually to extract its virtues.

=Maltose.= Malt-sugar, identical in composition with milk-sugar, but in
its properties much more like grape sugar. It is derivable from
starch or glycogen, by the action of saliva, pancreatic juice, or
malt diastase.

=Menstrual.= Having to do with menstruation. The blood discharged in
menstruation.

=Metabolism.= The process by which living cells or organisms are capable
of incorporating substances obtained from food into an integral part
of their own bodies.

=Metrorrhagia.= Excessive discharge (usually hemorrhagic) from the womb,
especially when occurring at other times than during menstruation.
Uterine hemorrhage.

=Molecular.= Pertaining to molecule. A very small particle of matter.

=Muscarine.= A poisonous alkaloid obtained from Agaricus muscarius.

=Mydriasis.= A preternatural or morbid dilatation of the pupil of the
eye.

=Myxedema.= The name given to a condition characterized by a
hyperplastic and modified deposit of connective tissue in all parts
of the body.

=Narcosis.= The progress of narcoma or the production of narcotism by
drugs, as opium, or by poisonous products originating in the body.
Narcoma, stupor, or the state of being under the influence of
narcotic medicine.

=Necrotized.= Lifeless.

=Nephritis.= Inflammation of the kidneys, which, when acute, involves
chiefly the renal parenchyma, and, when chronic, either the
parenchyma or the connective tissue or both.

=Neural.= Belonging to nerves.

=Neurasthenia.= Nervous debility. Nervous prostration. An exhausted
condition with irritability; a functional derangement of the nervous
system, either spinal or cerebral, due usually to overwork or other
excessive expenditure of energy.

=Neuroglia.= The tissue, probably of ectodermic origin, forming the
basis of the supporting framework of the nervous tissue of the
cerebrospinal axis.

=Neuron.= The cerebrospinal axis.

=Neuropathic Constitution.= The nervous diathesis: that constitution of
body and mind which predisposes to nervous disease.

=Nuclein.= The phosphorized proteid or nitrogenous substance found in
cell-nuclei. It is believed to furnish the functional activity of
the cell.

=Omnivorous.= Feeding or subsisting on food of all kinds.

=Oöphorectomy.= Excision of one ovary.

=Opsonin.= From opsono, “I prepare the ground for.” An undetermined,
unstable substance in the serum of the blood that renders bacteria
more susceptible to ingestion by phagocytes.

=Osteomalacia.= A chronic disease marked by progressive softening of all
bones, due to the loss of their earthy constituents, so that they
become flexible and fragile and unable to support the body.

=Oxidation.= The combining of a certain quantity of oxygen with metals
or other substances. The formation of an oxide.

=Palpation.= Examination by the hand or by touch: manipulation of a part
with the fingers for the purpose of determining the condition of the
underlying organs.

=Pancreas.= A long, flat, racemose gland of a reddish color situated in
the epigastric region beneath the stomach on a level with the first
to the third lumbar vertebræ. Its function is an important part of
the digestion of proteids, fats, and carbohydrates.

=Parametritis.= Inflammation of the connective tissues in the immediate
vicinity of the uterus.

=Parathyroid.= Situated beside the thyroid gland. One of the small
glands, usually four to five in number, distinct from the accessory
thyroids, lying along the lateral lobes, and possessing an important
internal secretion independent of the thyroid gland.

=Parenchymatous Tissue, Pulp Tissue.= The tissue forming the pulp or
parenchyma of an organ.

=Pathology.= The doctrine or consideration of diseases, and, in a broad
sense, of every deviation from normal structure, composition, or
function. That branch of medicine which treats of disease, their
origin, nature, and termination, special attention being paid to the
disorders of function and alterations of structure preceding and
resulting therefrom.

=Perchloride.= A chloride containing more chlorine than a protochloride.

=Percussion.= The act of striking any part of the body with the fingers,
or with an instrument, to ascertain its condition by the sound
obtained.

=Pericardium.= The membranous bag which contains the heart. It consists
of an external layer of fibrous tissue and an internal serous layer,
the latter of which surrounds the heart.

=Peristalsis.= A peculiar worm-like movement of the intestines and other
tubular organs by which they gradually propel their contents onward.

=Pernicious.= Highly dangerous.

=Phagocytosis.= The ingestion of foreign bodies, microbes, etc., by the
action of phagocytes (certain of the colorless blood-cells).

=Pigmentation.= The coloring matter in the skin.

=Pituitary Body.= The small ellipsoidal body which rests on the sella
turcica and is attached to the base of the brain by a pedicle.

=Plethoric.= Fullness; a state marked by excess of blood in the vessels.

=Plexus Myentericus.= Auerbach’s plexus. A plexus of sympathetic fibers
between the longitudinal and circular intestinal muscle-fibers.

=Pneumococcus (of Friedländer).= The bacterium of pneumonia.

=Polydipsia.= Excessive thirst.

=Polyuria.= A disease characterized by thirst and by a persistently
excessive flow of watery urine.

=Porosity.= The state of having pores.

=Portal Veins.= The large veins entering the liver at the transverse
fissure and bringing to it the blood from the digestive tract and
the spleen.

=Prognosis.= The foreknowledge of the course of a disease drawn from a
consideration of its signs and symptoms.

=Proliferation.= Reproduction of similar forms, both normal and morbid,
but especially applied to cell-genesis.

=Propagation.= Reproduction.

=Prophylaxis.= The art of guarding against disease. The observation of
the rules necessary to the preservation of health, or the prevention
of disease.

=Proteid.= Any one of a class of complex, nitrogenous, levorotatory
organic compounds forming the essential part of animal and vegetable
tissues.

=Protozoa.= The name for the primary type of lowest division of the
animal kingdom.

=Psoriasis.= A cutaneous disease, characterized by a rough, scaly
cuticle, continuous, or in separate, irregular patches, generally
with fissures of the skin, and occurring especially on the extensor
surfaces of the body.

=Psychoses.= Disturbances of the mind.

=Ptosis.= A falling, or prolapsus, especially applied to a drooping of
the upper eyelid due to paralysis of the levator palpebræ superioris
muscle.

=Puerperium.= The state or period of confinement of a pregnant female.

=Pyrexia.= The state of fever.

=Radicle.= An ultimate division of a vessel or nerve.

=Retrograde-metamorphosis.= The process by which somewhat complex bodies
are broken up into simpler ones, and in the end into waste products.

=Salicylate.= A salt of salicylic acid.

=Sebaceous.= Fatty. Suety. Applied to glands which secrete an oily
matter resembling suet.

=Segmentation.= The process of division by which the fertilized ovum
divides before differentiation into layers occurs.

=Sella Turcica.= The depression within the three clinoid processes of
the sphenoid bone, lodging the pituitary body.

=Senility.= Old age.

=Septicemia.= Blood poisoning. Fever and prostration due to the entrance
of pyogenic or other micro-organisms or ptomaines into the
circulation.

=Serum.= The clear liquid which separates in the clotting of blood from
the clot and the corpuscles, or any clear liquid resembling it.

=Skeletal.= Of or relating to a skeleton.

=Spermatorrhea.= An involuntary emission of semen without copulation.

=Spermin.= A preparation of the prostate gland and testicle of animals.

=Subcutaneous.= Situated, introduced, or living just under the skin.

=Sudorific.= Inducing or causing sweat.

=Suppurative.= Producing or discharging pus.

=Tabes Dorsalis.= Locomotor ataxia. A chronic disease due to
degeneration and sclerosis of the posterior columns of the spinal
cord, and marked by lightning-like flashes of pain and a peculiar
gait.

=Tachycardia.= A disturbed condition of the heart’s action in which
great acceleration of the pulse occurs.

=Tertiary.= Third degree.

=Theobromine.= A bitter, colorless, crystalline powder, capable of
forming salts with acids, and sparingly soluble in hot water.

=Thymus.= A bilobed, elongated body which develops from the entoderm of
the last two visceral clefts, and is situated in the neck and thorax
of the newborn child.

=Thyroid Gland.= A reddish organ, one of the so-called ductless glands,
giving rise to one or more internal secretions and situated in front
of and on either side of the trachea.

=Thyroidectomy.= Excision of the thyroid gland or of its cartilage.

=Tonicity.= The state of normal tone or tension.

=Tortuosity.= Bent or twisted irregularly.

=Transudation.= The morbid passing or oozing of blood, or other fluid,
practically unaltered, through the pores of the skin or membranes.

=Trypanosome.= One of any species of trypanosoma. The organism is a
spindle-shaped, more or less elongated, protoplasmic body,
containing two chromatic masses, a centrosome generally placed at
the posterior end and a larger nucleus mesially situated, with a
flagellum and an undulatory membrane, starting from the centrosome,
and running along the protoplasmic body.

=Trypanosomiasis.= A diseased condition produced by trypanosomes.

=Trypsin.= A ferment of pancreatic juice which has the power of
converting proteids into peptones, best in alkaline solution, but
also active in neutral solution.

=Unesthetic.= Not having lost sensation.

=Unossified.= Not having formed bone.

=Urea.= A white, transparent, crystallizable solid, the principal solid
constituent of urine.

=Uric Acid.= A crystalline substance obtained from urine.

=Urotoxic.= Relating to the poisonous elements of the urine.

=Urticaria.= “Hives.” An exanthematous fever characterized by an
eruption like the elevations produced on the skin by the sting of a
nettle, and attended with burning and itching.

=Vascularization.= The act or process of becoming vascular, as in
neoplasms, thrombi, etc., or furnished with new blood-vessels.

=Vasodilatation.= Widening of the walls of the blood-vessels; admitting
more blood to the periphery.

=Vermicular.= Worm-like.

=Viscosity.= Adhesiveness.

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INDEX.

Abderhalden, 333, 336.

Abelard, 43.

Abelmann, 447.

Abelous, 161.

Achard, 204, 286.

Acne, microbes in, 213.

Acton, 391.

Adami, 9, 150, 156.

Adcock, Sir Hugh, 43.

Adler and Hensel, 162.

Adler, Isaac, 107, 169, 366.

Adler, Max, 322.

Adrenals and circulatory system, hygiene of, 164.
adrenal hypersecretion, 165.
adrenals and cardiac nerves, 164.
agencies, harmful, to avoid, 166.
arteriosclerosis, 164, 165.
causes of, 165.
high blood-pressure and, 164.
and kidney disease, 165.
blood-test for, 165.
preventives of, 168.
atheroma, 164.
mental emotions, 165.
sexual glands, 165.
thyroid gland, 166.
tobacco a stimulant of, 427.

Aeschbacher, 431.

Age, old, blood-drinking for, 332.
commandments for, 455.
milk diet for. See _Diet, milk_.
premature, from alcohol, 352.
prevention and treatment of,
arsenic, 426.
for women, 427.
for sexual glands, 429.
in mineral waters, 428.
gland, thyroid, 434.
iodides for, 431.
for arteriosclerosis, 431.
iron, 429.
for sexual glands, 429.
kidney extracts, 445.
ovarian extracts, 440.
pancreatic extracts, 445.
prostatic extracts, 445.
spermin, 444.
testicular extracts, 441.
value of vegetarian diet to prevent, 311.

Air, close, 272.
fresh, automobiling for, 266.
forests, 267.

Air, mountain, 266.
indoor, results of, 277.
outdoor, benefits of, 277.
vitiated, 264.

Albertoni, 35, 86, 141, 142.

Albuminuria from constipation, 202.

Alcohol habit, cause and prevention of, 356.
gland, thyroid, exhaustion of, as cause of drunkenness, 357.
glands, sexual, and, 360.
preventive, 361.
treatment of, 361.
ovarian extracts, 361.
thyroid, 361.
immunity to large doses of, 356.
persons easily affected by, 359.
quantities, large, effects of, 350.
age, old, premature, 352.
arteriosclerosis, 350.
brain, 350.
delirium tremens, 353.
progeny of, 353.
epileptics, 353.
genealogy, a terrible, 353.
glands, ductless, 351.
liver, 351.
kidneys, 351.
pituitary, 351.
sexual, 351.
thyroid, 352.
heart muscles, 350.
insanity, 350.
and crime, 351.
in tropical climates, 353.
on children, 354.
on thyroid gland, 357, 358.
quantities, large, immunity to, 357, 358.
resistance, diminution, 351.
diseases, nervous, 352.
fever, yellow, 352.
myxœdema, 352.
of powers of, 352.
pneumonia, 352.
scrofulosis, 352.
tuberculosis, 352.
uses of, 347.
as a preservative of tissues, 348.
as a stimulant, 348.
circulatory apparatus, 348, 349.
nervous system, 348.
wine, 348.
beer, 348.
brandy, 349
disadvantage, 349.
for snake poison, 358.
least injurious, 349.
longevity, 350, 355.
most injurious, 349.
overabundance, effect of, 348.
tonic, 349.
whiskey, 349.
wine, 348, 349.

Allbutt, Clifford, 406.

Amato, 80.

Amberg, 164.

Anderson, Mrs., 105.

Ansele, 442.

Appearance, youthful, hints on, 449.
baths, 454.
diet, 453.
disposition, cheerful, 450.
drugs, 451.
exercise, 450, 454.
glands, sexual, 452.
hair, 452.
and thyroid gland, 453.
skin, care of, 449.
slenderness, 453.
teeth, care of, 451.

Appendicitis. See _Intestines_.

Arloing, 212, 256.

Arteriosclerosis, etiology, 165, 167.
diet, 165.
coffee, 165.
meat, 165.
tea, 165.
diseases, infectious, 165.
syphilis, 165.
in brain workers, 423.
poisons, 165.
alcohol, 165.
lead, 165.
mercury, 165.
tobacco, 165.
preventives of, 168.
adrenals, reduction of activity of, 168.
blood, viscosity of, 168.
diet, 168.
exercise, 168.
thyroid, increase of activity of, 168.

Atwater, 287, 348.

Aubert, 209.

Aubertin, 161.

Baelz, 283.

Baldwin, 39, 394.

Ballet and Enriquez, 27.

Bamossi, 151.

Bang, 325.

Basch, 169.

Baumann, 91, 118, 152, 323, 431.

Bayon, 5, 23, 98.

Beck, Charles, 414.

Bedclothing, 229.

Behring, 326, 327.

Benda, 4.

Benedict, 287, 348.

Berger, 18.

Bernard and Bigart, 161.

Bernard, Claude, 125, 169, 335, 391, 439.

Bertrand, 427.

Besançon, 334.

Bianchini, 298.

Bickel, 339, 340, 341, 344.

Bier, 337.

Binz, 369, 371.

Bircher, 392.

Blood as food, 333, 337.
chemicals in, 335.
experiments with, 337.
ferments in, 335.
immunizing substances in, 336.
iron in, 333.
in drugs, 333.
in food, 333.
lack of, in chlorosis, 333.
in anæmia, 333.
organic and inorganic, 333.
blood, 334.
best, 335.
eggs, 334.
nuclein of eggs, 333.
spinach, 334.
ox, 336.
pigs’, 335, 336.
extracts in, 335.
puddings, 335.
sausages, 335, 336.
transfusion, dangers of, 337.

Blum, 5, 9, 22, 35, 86, 96, 139, 142, 145, 318, 329, 375, 431.

Blumenkranz, 232, 241.

Blumenthal and Jacobi, 83.

Boas, 202.

Bocci, 153.

Boerhaave, 425.

Boix, 153.

Bokenham, 9, 150.

Bonardi, 56.

Bonnamour, 161.

Bordet, 134.

Borylac, 162.

Bosse, 444.

Böttger, 364.

Boubnoff, 258.

Bouchard, 142, 153, 154, 371.

Bouchard and Hanot, 156.

Bouchut, 298.

Bouin, 442.

Boverie and Loeper, 162.

Breathing, deep, 267.
benefits of, 269.
contra-indications, 269.
nasal, 270.

Breisacher, Leo, 5, 9, 22, 138, 145, 318, 329.

Brieger, 34, 172.

Brissaud, 311.

Brown, 105.

Brown-Séquard, 8, 32, 125, 159, 198, 391, 410, 442, 443, 444, 445.

Brunton, Sir Lauder, 9, 150, 169, 245, 268, 366.

Buchner, 134.

Buddha, 396.

Bukojemsky, 444.

Bunge, 204, 205, 210, 285, 286, 297, 305, 306, 307, 333, 335, 336, 337,
365, 368, 370, 430.

Burghart, 440.

Camerer, 238.

Campbell, 111.

Campbell, Harry, 268, 343.

Camus, 445.

Carrion, 31.

Casselli, 31.

Cecca, 103.

Celibacy, 402.

Celsus, 256.

Charcot, 84, 96, 257, 415.

Charrin, 21, 140, 160, 161, 323.

Chittenden, 282, 283.

Christern, 371.

Christiani, 438.

Chroback, 441.

Circulatory system and adrenals, hygiene of, 164.

Cirrhosis, hepatic, production of, 153.

Clothing, rational, 219.
(See _Skin, Hygiene of_.)

Cohendy, Michel, 185, 186.

Cold, to prevent, 233, 278.
feet. See _Feet_.

Combe, 7, 102, 184, 186.

Constipation, habitual, prevention and treatment of, 175.
conditions, associated, in women, 176.
diet for, 178.
drugging for, 190.
emotions, effect of, 175.
fermentation, 188.
glands, ductless, 176.
sexual, 176.
hygiene of, 176.
nerves, intestinal, 176.
splanchnics, 176.
prevention of, 176.
diet, 176, 178.
cereals, 176, 177.
fruits, 177.
meat, 176.
milk, 178.
special, 178.
vegetables, 177.
thyroid, effect of, 175.
treatment, 179.
cascara sagrada, 180.
electricity, 179.
enemata, 179.
hydrotherapeutics, 179.
laxatives, 180.
massage, 179.
mineral waters, 180.
rectum, irrigation of, 179.
rhubarb, 180.
vagus, action of, 175.

Cornaro, 292, 401.

Cornil, 32, 47.

Crispino, 5, 23, 98.

Cunningham, 51.

Cyon, 31.

Danilewsky, 281.

Darier, 165.

Darnecy, 41.

D’Arsonval, 32, 443, 444.

Delcour, 135, 136, 196.

De l’Enclos, Ninon, 54.

Dellamare, 93, 167.

Demange, 110.

Demange and Oettinger, 96.

De Manasseine, Marie, 368.

Demme, 353.

Denison, Charles, 260.

De Quervain, 5, 23, 25, 98, 104, 352, 357.

Dercum, 44, 110.

Determann, 168, 320.

Dettweiler, 310.

Dever, 337.

Diabetes, opium in, 356.
sleepiness and, 376.

Diamare and Kuliabko, 78.

Diet, blood. See _Blood_.
for habitual constipation, 178.
meat, avoidance of, in aged, 323.
in infancy, 323.
boiled, 322.
canned, 322.
preservatives in, 322.
catharsis for, 324.
dangers of, 317.
heaviness following, 317.
in disease, 317.
dangers of, nervous disorders, 317.
results of, 317, 324.
absence of, from, 321.
in diabetes, 320.
in gout, 320.
on ductless glands, 317.
on kidneys, 319.
on pancreas, 319.
on uric acid formation, 320.
fresh, 322.
moderate, 322.
on circulatory apparatus, 320.
putrefaction, 324.
acids for, 324.
roasted, 322.
water and, 323.
white, 322.
milk, additions to, 329.
advantages of, 330.
for old age, 330, 332, 335.
antiseptic action of, 331.
asses’, 332.
boiled, 327.
digestibility of, 329.
ease of, on kidneys, 330.
on liver, 330.
on stomach, 330.
for athyroidia, 329.
goats’, 332.
human, 331.
ideal, 328, 331.
in childhood, 330.
kefir, 329.
longevity by, 329.
of thyroidectomized goats, 326.
raw, 327.
secretions of ductless glands in, 325.
substances in, 325, 326.
in acid fermented, 328.
suppression of myxœdema by, 325.
yogurth, 329.
vegetarian, advantages of, 309, 310, 311.
age, old, value to prevent, 311, 312.
conditions improved by, 321.
disadvantages of, 309, 312, 313, 314.
anatomical, 309.
diseases avoided by, 310, 311.
diseases from, 313, 314.
condition for, 314.
predisposition to, 314.
lack of obesity from, 311.
results of, 315.
to reduce uric acid, 311.
with proteids and fats, 309, 310.
Diet, vegetarian, with proteids and fats, in disease, 310.

Disease a self-defense, 419.
benefits of, 420.
early recognition of, 421.
treatment, 421.

Dubois, 446.

Duclaux, 256.

Du Perron, 402.

Dupuytren, 42.

Dürig, 37.

Dwellings, situations for city, 264.

Easterbrook, 27.

Eating, appetite, æsthetics for, 342.
checking, 340.
conditions producing, 340.
lost, in the sedentary, 340.
normal, 340.
stimulation for, 341.
bouillon, 341.
exercise, 342, 344, 345.
_hors d’œuvres_, 341.
smörgasbord, 341.
tongue washing, 341.
vinegar and water, 341.
dinner, rest before and after, 341.
food, most digestible, 345.
butter, 345.
cereals, 345.
fat, 345.
meat, 345.
vegetables, 345.
gastric juice, adequate supply of, 339.
augmenting, 339.
mentally, 339, 340.
sight, 339.
smell, 339.
taste, 340.
hygiene of, 339.
insalivation, 342.
advantages of, 343.
meals, companions at, 342.
drinking with, 344.
time for, 344.
reading while eating, 342.
exceptions, 342.
saliva, secretion of, 342.
stimulation of, 342.
mastication, 342.
teeth and, 344.

Eberson, 414.

Echlin, 374.

Eckermann, 53.

Edgreen, 165, 169.

Edmunds, Walter, 22, 35, 96, 140, 373, 388, 438.

Edwards, 256.

Ehrmann, 453.

Eiselsberg, 5, 96, 167.

Eisenheart, 47.

Elberskirchen, Johanna, 397.

Emden, 152.

English, 202.

Erb, 396.

Erdheim, 19, 91, 92, 144.

Espagno, 105.

Esser, 367.

Ewald, 3, 90, 93, 172, 290, 434, 435.

Exercise, advantages of, 251.
benefits of, 244.
breathing, 262.
effects of, 244.
massage, antiquity of, 245.
by self, 247.
effects of, 245, 246.
on heart, 246.
Harvey, 245.
sports, 247.
best, 248.
climbing, 250.
for heart trouble, 251.
Oertel’s treatment, 251.
contra-indications, 247.
cycling, 249.
dilatation of heart, 248.
effects of, 247.
horseback riding, 248.
riding, 249.
running, 250.
Swedish gymnastics, 245.
Ling, Peter, 245.
Mitchell, S. Weir, 245.
to induce perspiration, 239.
treatment, Nauheim, 246.
walking, 249.

Farwick, 336.

Fassin, 28, 136.

Feet, cleanliness of, 234.
cold, 252.
cause, 252.
circulation, 252, 254.
senile gangrene, 254.
clothing, 252.
shoes, 252.
socks, 253.
treatment, 253, 254.
exercise, 253.
massage, 253.
rubbing, 253.

Fehling, 14.

Ferranini, 164.

Finsen, 256, 257, 258, 261.

Fishel, 202.

Fisher, Emil, 364.

Flamini, Mario, 325.

Fleischer, 46.

Fletcher, Horace, 282, 292, 343.

Flexner, 311.

Flourens, 50.

Food, blood. See _Blood_.
carbohydrates, 301.
cellulose, 308.
advantage of, 308.
vegetables, 301.
diet, rational, 304.
disadvantages of, 302.
fats in, 301.
leguminous, 301.
albumin in, 301.
butter with, 304.
composition of, 301.
containing iron, 306, 307.
minerals, 305.
lime, 305.
iron, 305.
potatoes, 304.
rice, value of, 302.
digestibility, 289, 290, 291.
cold, 291.
hot, 291.
in aged, 290.
in robust, 289.
hygiene, 280.
albumin, 283, 284.
bouillon, 287.
carbohydrates, 281, 284.
condiments, 286.
harmfulness of, 286.
sauces, 286.
vinegar, 286.
diet, model, 292, 293.
eating, excessive, 280.
experiments, 282, 283.
fats, 281, 284.
feeding, over-, dangers of, 280.
principle of, 280.
under-, dangers of, 280.
groups of, 281.
in pregnancy, 285.
iron, 286.
keynote, 291.
minerals, 285.
nutritive value of, 281.
potatoes, 286.
proteid, 281, 284.
rice, 283, 286.
salt, 285.
alkali, 286.
soup, 287.
stimulants, 287.
alcohol, 287.
beer, 287.
whiskey, 288.
wine, 288.
cocoa, 289.
coffee, 289.
tea, 289.
tobacco, 289.
three kinds, uses of, 284.
time for meals, 292.
Food, hygiene, water, 285.
hard, 287.
in foodstuffs, 287.
with meals, 287.
most digestible, 345.
preparation of, 289.
proteid, 294.
albumin, 294.
animals, examination of slaughtered, 295.
butter, 298, 303.
cheese, 298.
digestion of, 299.
putrefaction of, 299.
eggs, 299.
fish, 296.
meat, 294.
composition of, 294.
cold storage, 295.
extractives, 295.
milk, 296.
composition of, 296, 297, 298.
most perfect, 300.
oysters, 295.
quantity of, 289.
sausages, 296.
too rich, 289.
diseases caused by, 289.
weather requirements of, 289.

Fordyce, 330.

Förster, 305.

Forsyth, 318, 330.

Forsyth, D., 22.

Franklin, Benjamin, 260, 281.

Fraser, 151.

Frerich, 83.

Fries, 167.

Frithe, 367.

Fröhlich, 18.

Galeotti and Lindemann, 22, 140.

Gall, 41.

Garnier, 13, 23, 27, 31, 57, 58, 141, 314, 431, 438.

Gasne and Laude, 13.

Gassenghi, 30.

Gauthier, 14, 427.

Geist, 334.

Generali, 144.

Georgiewski, 24, 27.

Gibson, 432.

Gibson, G. A., 4, 435.

Gilbert, 8, 84.

Gilbert and Carnot, 446.

Gillet, 298.

Glaesner, 152.

Gland. See individual glands, by name.
thyroid, administration of, skin eruptions following, 213.
a function of, 139.
Gland, thyroid, alcohol and chloroform on, 357.
and alcohol, 356, 357.
and temperature, 237.
death following extirpation of, 138.
degeneration of, in alcoholics, 352.
exhaustion of, 357, 358.
extirpation of, effects of, 167.
hyperactivity as cause of drunkenness, 357.
in infants, 323.
maintaining life after extirpation of, 139.
milk as stimulant of, 330.
results of disease of, on other organs, 141.
intestines, 143.
kidneys, 142, 143.
liver, 141, 142.
sleeplessness and, 369.

Glands, ductless, effects of meat on, 317.
secretions of, in blood, 335.
in milk, 325.
parathyroids, influence on convulsions, 144.
sexual, abuse of, 390, 391, 392.
arsenic for, 429.
diseases of, 389.
frequency of, 391.
hygiene of, 389.
hyperactivity of, 213.
inactivity of, 393.
treatment of, in unmarried, 398.
intercourse, too frequent, 390.
interrupted, 392.
iron for, 429.
marriage, age for, 392.
sudorific, 215, 226.
thyroid, destruction of poisonous products through, 138.

Gley, 3, 142, 144, 374, 445.

Goethe, 43, 53.

Goldscheider, 212.

Gombault, 84.

Gouget, 199.

Gout, skin diseases in, 213.

Graffenberger, 257.

Grawitz, 257, 313, 334, 337, 427, 430.

Greenfield, W. S., 21.

Groedel, 164.

Gruber and Durham, 134.

Grundzach, 185.

Guerrini, 31.

Guieysse, 99.

Guilbert, Yvette, 101.

Gumprecht, 154.

Gunzburg, 200.

Gymnastics. See _Exercise_.

Haig, 131, 242, 288, 299, 320, 321, 364.

Halck, 83.

Hall, Walker, 131, 288, 302, 310, 320.

Hallion, 31.

Hamel, 268.

Hanot and Boit, 156.

Hanseman, 77.

Harnack, 430.

Harvey, 49, 50, 245, 455, 456.

Haüsermann, 333.

Heating, artificial, air, indoor, effects of, 277.
air, outdoor, effects of, 277.
cold, catching, avoidance of, 278.
from warm rooms, 277.
diseases, respiratory, 278.
for old people, 275.
for young people, 275.
hot water, 279.
hygiene of, 275.
method of, most rational, 276.
fireplace, open, 276.
railways, overheated, 278.
steam, injuriousness of, 278, 279.
effects after, 279.
mitigation of, 279.
radiators, dusty, 279.
tonsillitis from, 278.
temperature, high, 275.
without ventilation, 275.
indoor, best, 276.

Hegar, 46.

Heger and Buys, 150.

Heger, Paul, 149.

Heinz, 431.

Hemmeter, 149, 202.

Hemp, 326.

Hensel, 107, 169.

Hercod, 354.

Heredity and the ductless glands, 352.

Hertoghe, 5, 12, 13, 14, 15, 25, 29, 37, 58, 68, 83, 95, 102, 104, 126,
352, 357, 434, 440.

Herter, 185.

Hesse, Walter, 326.

Heyn, F., 120.

Hippocrates, 256.

Hirsch, 444.

Hirschfeld, 152.

Hochenegg, 44.

Hofmeister, 4, 104.

Holm, 259.

Horsley, Sir Victor, 3, 90, 91, 93, 435.

Houssaye, 318.

Huchard, 107, 168, 169, 199.

Hueppe, 353.

Hufeland, 50, 260, 288, 337, 367, 424.

Hugo, Victor, 54.

Huler, 202.

Humphrey, 324, 355.

Hun, 142.

Hunt, 23, 141.

Hutchison, 131, 325.

Hutchison, R., 363, 364.

Ibsen, 54.

Inada, 168.

Indian, longevity of, 265.

Insomnia. See also _Sleep_.
treatment of, 384.
medical, 386.
milk of thyroidectomized goats, 388.
serum of thyroidectomized goats, 387.
preventive, 384.
bath, 385.
hygiene, 384.
room, 385.

Intestines, hygiene of, 182.
acid, lactic, 184, 185, 186.
bacillus maya, 184.
yoghurt, 184.
albumins, prepared, 183.
for the aged, 183.
appendicitis, 192.
adenoids, 196.
cause and prevention of, 192.
causes of, 194, 195.
constipation, 194.
exercise, 194.
psoas, influence of, 192.
test for, 194, 195.
tonsils, 195.
assimilation in the aged, 183.
bowel movement, residue after, 191.
constipation, 188. See _Constipation_.
and fermentation, 188.
appendicitis from, 191.
drugging for, 190.
corsets, effects of, 190.
defense, natural, 184.
liver, 184.
thyroid, 184.
diet, 186.
fats, 186.
cheese, 186.
diseases of, coincident with stomach disorders, 182.
drinks, ice-cold, 187.
enemata, 191.
fæcal impaction, 191.
Intestines, hygiene of, food, quality of, 187.
foods, 184.
injurious, 187.
canned, 187.
fish, 187.
fruits, 187.
meats, 187.
oysters, 187.
preservatives, 187.
sausages, 187.
unmasticated, 182.
fermentation of, 182.
poisonous effects, 184.
glands, sexual, 189.
habits, 189.
purgation, 188.
putrefaction, 183, 184, 186.
meat, 186.
water, lack of, 191.

Iron. See _Blood, iron in_.
in drugs, 333.
in food, 333.
lack of, in anæmia, 333.
in chlorosis, 333.
organic and inorganic, 333.

Jaffé, 202.

Javal, 286.

Jayle, 104.

Jeandelize, 13, 92, 141, 142, 144.

Jersoni, 44.

Jollin, 323, 431.

Josué, 5, 162, 163.

Kant, 415.

Keill, James, 51.

Keller, 205.

Kende, Maurice, 354.

Kidney disease, test for, 165.

Kidneys, benefits of sweating upon, 242.
hygiene of, 203.
alcohol, 205.
casts, hyaline, 203.
clothing, 208, 231.
diet, lacto-vegetarian, 204.
diseases, infectious, 206.
drugs, 206.
importance of, 215.
intestines, 207.
liver, 204.
meat, 204.
milk, 204.
rhinitis and, 207.
rice, 205.
salt, 204, 215.
sauces, 205.
skin, 207, 215.
spices, 205.
tea, 205.
tonsillitis and, 207.
Kidneys, hygiene of, water, 206.
mineral, 206.
internal secretion of, 198.
milk an ideal food for, 331.
diet and, 330, 331.

Kisch, 46, 391, 392, 395, 398.

Kishi, 96, 140, 142.

Kitasato, 34.

Klausner, 353.

Kliffel, 80.

Kobler, 202.

Koch, 151, 373.

Koch and Kraepelin, 363.

Kocher, Albert, 24, 431.

König, 299.

König, T., 336.

Koranyi, Alexander, 205.

Kossel, 333.

Kovesi, 205, 241, 242.

Krafft-Ebing, 396.

Kraut, C., 336.

Kreis, 371.

Kretschy, 46.

Krüger, 34.

Laache, 126, 434.

Labbé, 334.

Labbé, Marcel, 311.

Laitinen, 353, 354.

Landau, 46, 441.

Langhans, 92.

Langlois, 159, 160, 161.

Lanz, 21, 22, 24, 27, 57, 72, 140, 196, 326, 388, 442, 445.

Latzko, 104.

Laulanié, 142.

Launois, 95, 99, 384.

Lautenbach, 150.

Lefas, 80.

Legrain, 352.

Legry and Renault, 13.

Lehman and Strassmann, 46.

Lehmann, 306.

Leichtenstein, 202.

Lemaire, 165.

Lenkey, 258.

Leube, 241.

Leuret and Hoffmann, 41.

Levi, Leopold, 408.

Levy, Magnus, 238, 323, 374.

Leyden, 47.

Liebermeister, 233.

Life, indoor, 262.
effects of, 263.
examples of, 262.
married, as a means of morality, 401.
children in, 401.
disease, venereal and, 401.
happiness in, 400.
longevity, 403.
Life, married, meals and, 402.
means for prolonging life, 400.
sickness and, 401.
open air, 262.
effects of, 262, 263.
examples of, 262, 267.

Ling, Peter, 245.

Lingard, 32.

Liver, hygiene of, 155.
bathing, 158.
climates, hot, 157.
hypertrophied liver, 157.
diet, alcohol, 155.
best, 157, 158.
condiments, 155.
meat, 155.
milk, 155, 157.
spices, 155.
stimulants, 155, 157.
vegetable, 155, 157, 158.
water, 157.
milk diet and, 330, 331.
other organs and, 155.
intestines, 155.
pancreas, 156.
stomach, 156.

Livon, 31.

Loeper, 286.

Loewy, 18, 33, 233, 441, 444.

Loewy, A. and Y., 266.

Loewy and Richter, 97.

Lohrisch, 188.

Loisel, 42, 393.

Longevity, alcohol and, 350.
greatest, 266.

Longfellow, 125.

Lucas Championnière, 46.

Ludwig, 244.

Luksch, 161.

Lunin, 305.

Luntz, 266.

Lussana, 150, 151.

Luther, 391, 396.

Luttje, 200.

Luzatti, 298.

Macallum, 144.

Mackenzie, 142.

Mackenzie, Hector, 434, 435.

Mac Means, 352.

Madelung, 19.

Magnus-Levy, 17, 95.

Mahomet, 96.

Manfur, 298.

Marbé, 28.

Mariagalli and Negri, 46.

Marriage, age for, 392.

Marti, 257.

Martin, 353.

Masey, 248.

Massage. See _Exercise_.

Meat. See _Diet_.

Mendel, Lafayette, 323.

Mering and Minkowski, 77.

Merklen, 298.

Merschejewski, 46.

Metschnikoff, 47, 51, 53, 98, 112, 124, 184, 185, 329.

Metschnikoff and Matschinski, 32.

Meyer, E., 8, 198, 447.

Milk. See _Diet_.
of thyroidectomized goats, 326.
raw, for stomach, liver, and kidneys, 330.

Mind, hygiene of, 404.
arteriosclerosis in, 423.
brain workers, advice to, 423.
bedtime, 424.
exercise, 424.
mealtime, 424.
moderation, 423, 424.
outdoor life, 424, 425.
rest, 423.
diseases from, 404.
diabetes, 404, 405.
emotions, strong, death from, 404, 407.
organs affected by, 405.
adrenals, 405.
hair, 406.
liver, 406.
pancreas, 406.
pituitary, 405.
sexual glands, 406, 409.
stomach, 411.
thyroid, 405, 408, 409.
ideational channels, 411.
causes of depressed, 411, 412.
enlivening, 413.
life, religious belief for prolonging, 414.
Cause, the great, 416.
effect on anæsthesia, 415.
faith, 414.

Minervini, 93.

Mingazzini, 39, 394.

Minkowski, 80.

Minnich, 167.

Mintz, 259.

Mitchell, S. Weir, 245.

Moebius, 25, 41, 42, 43, 53, 357, 387.

Mohammed, 391.

Mohn, 258.

Moleschott, 256.

Molière, 199.

Morat and Doyon, 83.

Moritz, 248.

Moro, 298.

Morvan, 7, 102.

Moschini, 161.

Moses, 391.

Mossé, 304, 325, 370, 391, 443.

Müller, 168.

Müller, Friedlich, 206.

Muller, P., 47, 168.

Murray, 71.

Murray, G., 21, 126, 142, 434.

Napoleon, 43.

Narbuth, 18.

Naunyn, 84, 248, 334, 404.

Nehring, 95, 374.

Neisson, 350.

Nencky, 152.

Neugebauer, 392.

Neusser, 85, 142.

Nicholas, 161.

Nobecourt, 298.

Nuclein for yolk of eggs, 333.

Nuttall and Thierfelder, 170.

Obersteiner, 368, 371.

Obolenski, 446.

Oertel, 251.

Oeruni, 257.

Oesterreicher, 56.

Offer, 322.

Offerhaus, 192, 193.

Old age, milk diet for. See _Diet, milk_.

Oliver and Schäfer, 5, 31, 69.

Opie, 77, 80.

Opium in diabetes, 356.

Oppenheim, 160, 434.

Oppenheim and Loeper, 160.

Ord, 7, 96, 102.

Ortner, 212.

Oser, 169.

Oswald, 91, 325.

Ottfried, 168.

Ouspenski, 444.

Ovaries, influence of, on the blood, 334.

Owen, Sir Isambard, 350.

Paris, Matthew, 45.

Parr, 329.

Parr, Thomas, autopsy on, 455.

Pasha, Emin, 353.

Paterson, 452.

Paton, James, 221.

Pavy, 19.

Pawlow, 69, 77, 339, 340, 344, 406.

Pel, 21, 58, 105, 106, 405, 456.

Pelikan, 45.

Penzoldt, 200.

Perrando, 13, 57, 58.

Perrin, 141.

Pettenkoffer, 209, 221, 263, 273.

Pflüger, 50, 456.

Pigeolet, 392.

Pilcz, 36, 374.

Pineles, 4, 92, 111, 144, 167.

Plato, 390.

Plutarch, 107.

Poehl, 33, 127, 443, 444.

Poison, snake, alcohol for, 358.

Politiman, 105.

Pomeroy, 391.

Poncet, 12.

Posner, 306.

Pottenger, 265.

Pregl, 443.

Products, poisonous, destroyed through thyroid and parathyroid glands,
138.
thyroidectomy, effects of, 138.
on animals, meat-fed, 138.
on animals on meatless diet, 138.
on animals on milk diet, 138.
toxic, destruction of, by adrenals, 159.
after adrenalectomy, 159.
from muscular exercise, 368.
immunizing constituent, 159.
infectious diseases, 160.
microbes, 160.
poisons, microbic, 161.
destruction of, by the liver, 149.
albuminoids, 152.
carbohydrates, 152.
enlargement of liver, 153.
excretion of, 150.
bile, 150.
urine, 153.
hepatic cirrhosis, 153.
reduction in liver disease, 154.
elimination of, through intestines, 170.
constipation, 172, 202.
internal, 173.
fæcal intoxications, 172.
intestines, microbes in, 170.
effect on liver, 170.
purgation, regular, 173.
secretions, anti-bacterial, 174.
elimination of, through kidneys, 197.
albuminuria, 199.
from constipation, 202.
casts, urinary, 199.
chloroform, 201.
drugs, poisonous, alcohol and, 200.
kidneys, internal secretion of, 198.
liver and, 199.
mercury, 201.
mustard and, 200.
pepper, 200.
potassium chloride, 200.
radishes, 200.
Products, toxic, elimination of, salicylates, 201.
tea, black, 200.
thyroid and, 198.
elimination of, through the skin, 209.
carbonic acid, 209.
perspiration, 210, 212.
retention of, 211.
skin, causes of diseases of, 212.
burns, 212.
eruptions of, 213.
glands of, 209.
respiration through, 210.

Prudden, 142.

Prun-Hudden, 85.

Puddings, blood, 335.

Quarters, ill-ventilated, dangers of, 271, 272.
air of, 272.
microbes in, 272.
infectious diseases from, 272.
persons, sickly, 271.
unused to, 271.
schoolrooms, 273.
sleeping room, 273.
flowers in, 273.
furnishings of, 273.
ventilation of, 274.
windows, open, 273.

Queirolo, 212.

Quincke, 156.

Rechenberg, 283.

Remlinger, 168.

Renaut, 446.

Rénon, 402.

Rénon and Delille, 31.

Rénon, Delille, and Azam, 32.

Richter, P. I., 18, 33, 205, 441, 444.

Rieger, 41.

Rigaud, 39, 393, 394.

Riva, 337.

Roese, 287, 305.

Roger, 150, 153, 160, 314.

Roger and Garnier, 5, 23, 98, 154.

Rogowitsch, 4, 141, 374.

Romberg, 165, 166, 168.

Rooms, sleeping, 264.

Rosenblath, 142.

Rosenblatt and Jeandelize, 96.

Rosenquist, 322.

Rothschild, Baron Henry, 408.

Roth-Schulz, 205, 241, 242.

Rousseau, 41.

Roux, 160.

Rovighi, 149.

Rubner, 233, 281, 284, 287, 288, 294, 297, 301, 302, 303.

Sainton, 374.

Sajous, 2, 4, 9, 19, 21, 25, 28, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 65, 68, 79, 85,
92, 112, 117, 130, 136, 159, 161, 162, 167, 313, 351, 374, 376, 405,
427, 429, 444.

Salaskin and Zaleski, 153.

Salmon, 374, 376.

Sandstrom, 144.

Sanquirico and Canales, 141.

Sarbach, 352.

Sasaki, 340.

Sauerbeck, 77.

Sausages, 335, 336.

Savile, 349.

Sawada, 164.

Sawandowski, 26.

Scharffenberg, 351.

Schiff, 138, 150.

Schmidt, 188, 306.

Schmitz, 185.

Schopenhauer, 124, 403, 413.

Schottelius, 170.

Schur and Wiesel, 165.

Schwoner, 56.

Sciolla, 141.

Séglas and Vauquelin, 153.

Senator, Hermann, 1, 8, 86, 168, 172, 198, 199, 202, 203, 319, 322,
444.

Sexual glands, 165, 176, 351, 452.
and emotions, 406, 409.
spermin, 444.

Shattock, 442.

Shattock and Seeligmann, 442.

Sherril, Edwin, S., 38.

Siccard, 311.

Singer, 185.

Skin and kidneys, hygiene of, bathing, 231.
baths, carbonic acid, 243.
foot-, 234.
cold, 234, 235.
baths, sea, 235.
heart in, 236.
hot, 235.
warm, 235.
by means of perspiration, 237.
composition of perspiration, 238, 241.
fur clothing, 237.
circulation in, 231.
massage, 233.
rubbing, 233.
diseases, etiology of, 212.
eruptions, 213.
acne, 213.
from cheese, 213.
from drugs, 213.
from oysters, 213.
Skin eruptions, in diabetes, 213.
in gout, 213.
in Graves’s disease, 213.
in masturbation, 213.
in menstruation, 213.
in sexual abstinence, 213.
pimples of chastity, 214.
psoriasis, 214.
dust, 231.
elimination of toxic products through, 209.
excretion by, 214, 232, 244.
exfoliation, 231.
pores, 231.
perspiration, abundant, 238.
baths, 240.
for old people, 240.
baths to induce, 239.
electric, 239.
exercise, 239.
light, 239.
effect on kidneys, 241.
excessive, 238.
salicylates for, 239, 243.
soap, 231.
water, 231.

Skin, hygiene of, 215.
advantages of, 218.
armpits, 224.
bathing, 216, 225, 240. (See also _Skin and Kidneys, hygiene of,
through bathing_.)
air, 217, 225.
cold, 218, 225.
foot-bath, 228, 234.
for old people, 240.
water, 216, 225.
clothing, blue, 225, 258.
bedclothing, 229.
changing, 224.
collar, starched, 224, 228.
harmfulness of, 224.
cotton, 221.
advantages of, 221.
dry, 223.
fur, 237.
gray, 225, 258.
hats, 226.
health, impediments to, 228.
leather, 224, 227.
light, 225.
advantages of, 225.
linen, 220, 221.
starched, 224.
loose, 220, 229.
night-shirt, 229.
overcoat, 225.
porous, 219.
pumps, 227.
Skin, clothing, ramie, 221.
rational, 219.
rubbers, 225, 227, 228.
sandals, 227.
shoes, 227.
canvas, 227.
half-shoes, 227.
slippers, 227.
silk, 221.
trousers, 229.
wool, 219.
drawbacks to, 219, 220.
cold, catching, 225.
glands, sudorific, 215, 226.
importance of, 215.
neck, 224.
scalp, 226.
soles, 224.

Sleep and its value, 368.
adrenalin and, 369, 376.
after dinner, 370.
alcohol, 370.
brain, anæmia and, 369.
hyperæmia and, 369.
cause of, 369.
auto-intoxication, 371.
control of, by thyroid gland, 369.
death from loss of, 368.
experiment of Mosso, 370.
function of, 381.
hygiene of, 377.
brain, excitation of, 377.
chamber, sleeping, 378.
food, 378.
hours of, 380.
noise, 380.
sleepiness, 373.
gland, thyroid, 374.
sleepiness, and insomnia, cause of, 372.
sleeping sickness, 372.
cause of, trypanosomiasis, 373.
changes, pathological, 373.
treatment, 373.

Sleepiness and insomnia, treatment of, 383.
treatment of, thyroid extract, 383.

Sleeplessness, effects of, 382.

Slowzoff, 150, 151.

Smith, Bellingham, 442.

Sneve, 212.

Sobolew, 77.

Socrates, 391, 424.

Solomon, H., 447.

Solon, 391.

Sommerfeld, 340.

Spallanzani, 211.

Spangaro, Saverio, 51, 92, 442.

Spillman and Etienne, 441.

Spolverini, 298.

Sports. See _Exercise_.

Springer and Serbanesco, 13.

Stedman, 445.

Steinhaus, 80, 156.

Stengel, 77.

Stepanoff, 28.

Stieda, 4, 374.

Stimulants, 347, 362. See also _Food_.
chocolate, 365.
cocoa, 365.
advantages of, 365.
theobromin, 365.
coffee, 364.
black, 362.
caffein, 364.
effects of, 364.
for digestion, 341, 342.
tea, 362.
and coffee, comparison of, 363.
effects of, 362.
good, 363.
green, 362.
thein, 363.
tobacco, 366.
nicotine, 366.
effects of, 366.
arteriosclerosis, 367.
poisonous, 366.

Stohmann, 281.

Stomach, milk diet and, 330.

Strassberger, 188.

Strasser, 232, 241.

Strauss, 204, 286.

Strauss, H., 8, 198, 204, 241, 242, 289.

Strümpell, 120.

Sunlight, action of, chemical, 256, 257.
therapeutic, 256.
altitude, 258.
bactericidal effect of, 256.
benefits of, 255, 259, 260.
cheeks, pale, 257.
red, 257.
clothing for, 258.
corpuscles, red, 257.
experiments with, 256.
hæmoglobin, 257, 259.
in old age, 260.
in the open air, 258.
mental effects of, 255.
rays, chemical, and altitude, 258.
ultra-violet, 256, 257.

Svaerdrup, Captain, 264.

System, circulatory, and adrenals, hygiene of, 164.

Take, Ada, 353.

Tanberg, 27.

Tanecki, 46.

Tarchanoff, 444.

Tarchanow, 33.

Tarnowska, Pauline, 7.

Tavel, 196.

Teissier, 199, 446.

Tigersted, 348.

Tizzoni, 35, 86, 141, 142.

Thaon, 31.

Thiele, 95, 374.

Thompson, Sir William, 222.

Thyroid gland. (See _Gland_.)

Torri, 5, 23, 31.

Traube, 169.

Troin and Rivet, 165.

Trüper, 120.

Tsen-ki-tong, 403.

Tuberculous persons, 262, 265.

Tunnicliffe, 245.

Twain, Mark, 342.

Tyson, James, 204, 319, 406.

Unna, 213.

Uspenski, 32.

Valente, 392.

Van der Bergh, Heymans, 154.

Van der Ecke, 142.

Van Sommeren, 343.

Vassale, 144.

Vaughan, 299.

Vegetables. See _Food_.

Vegetarian diet. See _Diet_.

Vermehren, 3, 85, 90, 93, 95, 126, 142, 434, 435.

Vesalius, 404.

Viault, 259.

Vidal, 286.

Vidal and Javal, 204.

Vimont, 41.

Voith, 282.

Von Noorden, 74, 241, 282, 306, 320, 344, 374, 429, 430.

Wagner, 30.

Waldvogel, 152.

Wallerstein, 201.

Wassermann, 34.

Water. See _Food_.

Waters, mineral, arsenic in, 428.
iron, in, 430.

Watson, 318.

Watson, Chalmers, 9, 22, 140, 145, 330.

Weber, Parkes, 165.

Weber, Sir Herman, 111, 146, 268.

Weichardt, 368.

Weichselbaum, 77.

Weinberg, 51.

Weiske, 308.

Weiss, J., 307.

Weljaminoff, 34.

Westergaard, 116.

White, Hale, 91, 435.

Whitwell, 36.

Widal and Boivin, 162.

Widmark, 257.

Wiley, 295.

Wille, 78.

Willems, 372.

Winternitz, 233.

Woroschiloff, 302.

Wright, Sir Almroth, 28, 136.

Xanthin bodies, 364.

Xanthin bodies, caffein, 364.
theobromin, 365.

Yersin, 160.

Zagari, 150.

Zander, 247.

Zeigan, 369, 376.

Zoroaster, 391, 403.

Zoth, 443.

Zunz, 18, 249.

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