In fit Kind and Degree. | In Deficiency. | In Excess. |
1. Air | Suffocation Unchanged Air. | Excess of Oxygen. |
2. Temperature | Cold (intense) | Heat (intense.) |
3. Aliment:— | ||
Food | Hunger | Gluttony, or Surfeit. |
Drink | Thirst | Swilling water. |
4. Exercise:— |
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Of the body | Inaction or | Fatigue or Exhaustion. |
Of the mind | Ennui | Want of Sleep. |
| Certain depressing passions, as fear, sorrow, &c. | Certain exciting passions, as anger, jealousy, &c. |
Of the mixed social aptitudes. | Solitude | Debauchery. |
THE TWO NOXIOUS AGENTS.
1. Violence:—
Wounds,—Fractures,—Burns, &c.—Lightning.
9. Poisons:—
Animal, Mineral, Vegetable.
Certain of these, such as alcohol in its various forms, opium, tobacco, &c. which in large quantities kill instantly, when they are taken in very moderate quantity can be borne with apparent impunity, and are sometimes classed as articles of sustenance, or they may be medicinal, but if taken beyond such moderation, they become to the majority of men destructive slow poisons.
Contagions,—as of plague, small-pox, and measles.
Malaria of marshes, thickets, and of filth.