An essay on the wear and tear of human life : and the real remedy for this complaint / by G.T. Hayden.

  • Hayden, G. T. (George Thomas), 1798-1857.
Date:
1846
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    AN ESSAY, &c. &c. CIIAPTEll I. GENERAL IDEA OF ABSORPTION ANALOGIES IN A SOCIAL POINT OF VIEW BETWEEN MIND AND MATTER ! EXCITANTS OF ABSORPTION DEPRESSION OF THE VITAL POWERS SOCIAL RELATIONS RESPECT- ING ABSORPTION. The principal functions for the preservation of the indivi- dual are, owing to the seat of their perfoi'inance, and the end in view, called internal, nutritive, and assimilating. They comprise the foUoAving:—1, Digestion eliminates the nutri- tive part of the food; 2, Absorption conveys the latter into the blood; 3, Circulation carries the blood to all parts of the body; 4, Kespiration, and 5, Secretion, purify this fluid. The blood, so replenished, purified, and animalised, becomes now suitable for the end in view, namely, 6, Nutrition. Having treated of Digestion at considerable length,* the next function in order I shall have to consider is— ABSORPTION, for it is by the agency of this Important process that the nutritive chyle—the product of digestion—is conveyed to the blood. * “Physiology for the Publio,” Part I., price 6s., which completes the subjects of Digestion, Diet, and Regimen. B