THE BRIDGEWATER TREATISES

ON THE

POWER, WISDOM, AND GOODNESS OF GOD, AS MANIFESTED
IN THE CREATION.

TREATISE VIII.

CHEMISTRY, METEOROLOGY, AND THE FUNCTION OF digestion.

BY WILLIAM PROUT, M. D. F. R. S.

Μὴ ὑπαρχούσας γὰρ ἁρμονίας, καὶ ἘΠΟΨΙΟΣ ΘΕΙΑΣ περὶ τὸν κόσμον οὐκ ἄν

ἐδύνατο συνεῖμεν ἔτι καλῶς ἔχοντα τὰ ἐγκεκοσμαμένα.

HIPPODAMUS DE FELICITATE.

AND

THE FUNCTION OF DIGESTION,

CONSIDERED

WITH REFERENCE TO NATURAL THEOLOGY.

BY

WILLIAM PROUT, M.D. F.R.S.,

FELLOW OF THE ROYAL COLLEGE OF PHYSICIANS.

A NEW EDITION.

PHILADELPHIA:

CAREY, LEA & BLANCHARD.

1836

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