Man, Moral and Physical
Or the Influence of Health and Disease on Religious Experience (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from Man, Moral and Physical: Or the Influence of Health and Disease on Religious Experience<br><br>Hope - Its connection with the success of surgical operations and the results of medicine - Battle of Mincio in 1859 - The French, Sardinians, and Austrians -Patient of Dr. Rush - Parke, the traveller. Pages 45 - 48.<br><br>Fear - Experiment in Russia on four murderers - Exemption of the inmates of Cherry Hill prison from cholera during its prevalence - Immunity of physicians from attacks of disease Curative efficacy of fear - Cases mentioned by Drs. Batchelder, Rush, and Boerhaave - Prevention of the monomania called by Dr. Moore the "fashionable apology for murder" - Case of a man in New Hampshire - The effect of the teachings of Broussais Case of Dr. Hunter - Corvisart's lectures on the heart, at Paris Opinion of Testa - Disease of the heart common in times of political agitation - France at the time of the Revolution - Case recorded in the French Journal of Medicine - Hair on half the head of a patient in Pennsylvania Hospital whitened by fear - Whole head of Marie Antoinette made white by the same cause - Case of a Sepoy of the Bengal army mentioned in the London Medical Times, 1858 - Of the young men attempting to rob an eagles nest - The young gambler at San Francisco. Pages 48 - 55.<br><br>Grief - Description of it by Father Chrysostom - Melancthon - Philip V. of Spain - Dr. Zimmermanns opinion of the cause of his death - Dr. Johnson - Metaphorical expression "broken heart," sometimes pathologically correct. Pages 55, 56.<br><br>Joy - A woman in the city of New York - Cases of Sophocles, Chilo, Juventius, Talma, and Fouquet. Pages 56, 57.<br><br>Chagrin, or Shame - Story told by the Rev. Daniel Baker. Page 57.<br><br>About the Publisher<br><br>Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com<br><br>This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.