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  THE

  PHILOSOPHY OF HEALTH;

  OR,

  AN EXPOSITION

  OF THE

  PHYSICAL AND MENTAL CONSTITUTION
  OF MAN,

  WITH A VIEW TO THE PROMOTION OF

  HUMAN LONGEVITY AND HAPPINESS.

  BY

  SOUTHWOOD SMITH, M.D.,

  _Physician to the London Fever Hospital, to the Eastern Dispensary,
  and to the Jews' Hospital._

  IN TWO VOLUMES. VOL. I.

  _THIRD EDITION._

  LONDON:
  C. COX, 12, KING WILLIAM STREET, STRAND.

  1847.




London: Printed by W. CLOWES and SONS, Stamford Street.




CONTENTS OF VOL. I.


    INTRODUCTION                                                Page 1


    CHAPTER I.

    Characters by which living beings are distinguished
    from inorganic bodies—Characters by which
