HEALTH, is a right disposition of the body, and of all its parts; consisting in a due temperature, a right conformation, just connexion, and ready and free exercise of the several vital functions.

Health admits of latitude, as not being the same in all subjects, who may yet be said to enjoy health.

That part of medicine which shows the means of preserving health, is termed hygiene. See MEDICINE INDEX.

The Greeks and Romans deified Health, representing it under the figure of a woman, whom they supposed to be the daughter of Æsculapius. We find the name of the goddess Salus, or Health, on many medals of the Roman emperors, with different inscriptions;

The several animals. Weight of each. Height of the blood in the tube from the jugular vein. Height of the blood in tubes fixed to arteries. Capacity of the left ventricle of the heart. Area of the orifice of the aorta. Velocity of the blood in the aorta. Quantities of blood equal to the weight of the animal, in what time. How much in a minute. Weight of the blood sustained by the left ventricle contracting. No of pulses in a minute. Area of transverse section of descending aorta. Area of the transverse section of ascending aorta.
Pounds. Ounces. Inches. Feet. Inches. Cubic inches. Square inches. Feet and inches in a minute. Minutes. Pounds. Pounds. Square inches. Square inches.
Man 160 On strain- 7 6 1.659 0.4187 56.55 34.18 4.38 51.5 75
Horse 1st ing. 8 3 3.318 113.3 17.5 9.36
2d 9 8
3d 825 12 529 6 10 1.036 86.85 60 13.75 113.22 86 0.677 0.369
Ox 1600 12.5 1.539 76.95 88 18.14 38 0.912 0.84
Sheep 91 5\frac{1}{2} 96 5\frac{1}{2} 1 85 0.172 174.5 20 4.593 36.56 65 0.094 right. 0.07 left. 0.012
Doe 4 2 9 0.476 0.383 0.246
Dogs 1st 52 0 6 6 8 1.172 0.196 144.77 11.9 4.34 33.61 97 0.106 right. 0.041 left. 0.034
2d 24 5 7 2 8 1 0.185 130.9 6.48 3.7 0.102 0.031 0.009
3d 18 5 4 8 0.633 0.118 130 7.8 2.3 19.8 0.07 0.022 0.009
4th 12 8 4 3 3 0.5 0.101 120 6.7 1.85 11.1 0.061 0.015 0.007