The Olfactory Nerve -- the olfactory nerve is graphically displayed, branches of which are seen passing in all directions over the mucous membrane of the nose. A little to the left of the olfactory nerve is seeing the posterior nares, and immediately below the pharynx and epiglottis, the aesophagus or gullit, the larynx and trachea or wind-pipe. The Tongue -- the tongue, or organ of taste and instrument of speech, is most accurately represented, the muscular fibers of which are seen running in different but determinant ways, is giving to this important organ variety and regularity of motion and 18 it to assume numerous shapes and forms. The cervical portion of the spinal column is seeing, with the fleshy part of the back of the neck attached. This plate is one that commends itself to our deep in careful study.There is not too much that leaps out from this particular section as the text is basically describing a picture. I didn't spell a suspect is in the way that the book spells the word with an 'a' proceeding the 'e' of esophagus. There is something about old writing which I have not learned yet that sometimes puts an 'a' before and 'e'. I've seen this in words such as, Aegypt v. Egypt and many others. One of these days I will look up the history of the word possibly it's a Latin derivative of some type or another, I'm not certain today.
Additional Articles from the Book of Medicine:
- The Head Lice – Treatment
The Head Lice.—They are grayish in color with blackish margins and show a reddish tinge due to the blood they have sucked from their victim. The eggs or nits are seen attached to the hair shafts on the scalp at some distance from the end of the hair and are tiny white or grayish pear-shaped bodies seen upon close examination.
The treatment today, 100 years after this treatment was written in the Book of Medicine, things are not a great deal easier. Its not like a person can even brush their hair with some sort of device that would zap head lice like air can be purified with an IQAir filter. TREATMENT.-It is necessary to remove eggs and adults at the same time, so wet the hair thoroughly with crude petroleum (from any drug store) keep hair wet for three hours, then wash whole head with warm water and soap. Repeat this wash once a day for three successive days. The eggs can then be removed by combing the hair with a fine tooth comb wet with vinegar. Where possible the treatment can be made more thorough and permanent if the hair is cut short.
- Boiled Water
water boiling in a glass bowl, common now, but not then like HDMI splitter’s today. slightly new and archaic at the same time… Boiled Water.-The insipid taste of water which has been boiled is due to the absence of air. Many gases besides air may be artificially or naturally mingled with water, and some, like ammonia or nitric acid, are freely soluble in it. In sea-water, the presence of common salt, with small quantities of sulphate of soda or Glauber’s salt, and, of the compound of magnesia and chlorine, called chloride of magnesium, render it entirely unfit for drinking, as many a hapless shipwrecked sailor has found to his cost.
- Walls of the Abdomen
Walls of the Abdomen. — The muscular walls of the abdomen are nicely arranged and beautifully adapted to the functions they perform. On the left side we see the large oblique muscle, so named because of the direction it’s fibres run, and on the right side we observe the rectus muscle, transverse muscle and internal oblique muscle, all of which are strong, broad muscles, will split manner in which they are so scientifically arranged gives additional string to the abdominal walls, without deteriorating from its great mobility, and at the same time avoiding all pressure of the organs contained within this large cavity. There are ninety-one muscles on each side of the trunk, or one hundred and eighty-two in all, ninety of which are pairs, and two are single.
I noted a slight difference in spelling for the word “fibres” in the section. I’m not certain if this is a medical spelling or if it’s just a difference in spelling that’s evolved over the last 90 years. In addition the section also has a reference again to the beauty and perfection of design which doesn’t overdo it too much in this particular paragraph but given the history of the book so far seems to have more of a enthralled tone than you might expect.
