Word: consumptionism
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Dr. Farnham's eleventh lecture was delivered last evening. The lecturer said that consumption attacked some races more than others. The Irish and Germans were particularly subject to its unconquerable power. All people are aroused when cholera or small-pox is prevalent, and yet they take but few precautions against...
Synopsis of Dr. Farnham's 11th lecture. Some causes of Consumption and how to avoid them. Effect of seasons in the production of Diseases of the Respiratory Organs. Effects of Tobacco, Alcohol and Syphilis on the Respiratory Organs.
There is in the long run no simple influence so conducive to health of mind and body as a proper amount of physical exercise under the proper surroundings. The lungs feel the effect of exercise more than any of the organs. Smith found out by experiment that every exertion which...
Nothing brings more forcibly to the mind of the observer the truth of the adage "Necessity is the mother of invention," than a consideration of the petitions sent in to the faculty. They average several dozen a week and cover a multitude of ailments from "cold feet" to incipient consumption...
We have seen that oxygen for the most part is taken in through the lungs, and the act which they perform taking it in is called respiration. At the back of the mouth are two passages leading downward, the one in front going to the lungs. The act of breathing...