Excerpt from A Dissertation on the Influence of Heat and Humidity: With Practical Observations on the Inhalation of Iodine, and Various Vapours, in Consumption, Catarrh, Croup, Asthma, and Other Diseases The idea that the unyielding texture of muscular fibres, (is deducible. From some causes producing toe greattto nicity, mere or less approaching to an unnatural over balance of solid matter, is confirmed from noticing the influence of habit, dress, diet, climate, disease, and medicine, 1n altering the flexibility, softness, and pliancy of muscular and other tissues. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com 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.