Beauty of the Brain Views -- every view of the human brain we have seen in this series of magnificent and unparalleled anatomical plates has inspired our admiration and held us spellbound and utter astonishment in amazement at the limitless attributes, the diversified powers, and the variety of functions this wondrous and mysterious organ is called upon to perform in the hourly transaction and business pursuits of daily human life. And yet, notwithstanding the marvelous properties of this elaborate organ, it is the least solid and most unsubstantial looking body of the human casket. Consistency of the Brain -- it consists of eighty per cent. Of water, seven per cent. of albumen, some phosphorized fat and some other minor substances. Such is the composition of the mighty and powerful organ which rules the world. Whilst the brain is the seat of sensation, yet it can be cut, burned or electrified without causing pain in itself. Strange, passing strange, or the proprieties and powers of the brain!

These two segments both represents a very strange and slightly ignorant view of the brain. The first section is entirely devoted to talking about the mysteries and relative beauties of the organ known as the brain. On occasion in modern times a professor might leap upon a soap box and go off on a rant or something describing a topic that they are passionate about in the way described above. There's something about the tone and the use of language that goes far beyond that and makes this language seems some what similar to language we might expect to find in a be styled movie about the past. However this book evidences the fact that such language did exist and in fact was put into print in a medical textbook. The second section offers up something that I found some was a pricing. It's not so much the language but the way the word percent is spelled. Above you will find a word percent spelled with an extra space in between the words per and the words cent with a period following the word cent. I had never considered the possibility that the two words might have been separated a hundred years ago. Now that I'm studying the anatomy of those particular words it strikes me that they do make some logical sense apart. The percentage is a fraction of a whole it can also be viewed as a ratio and so if a whole is made up of one half substance and one half no substance, it could be expressed as one part substance per two parts combined substance and no substance. That thought makes absolutely no sense as I read back on it, but it's the best I can do to try and piece together those words may be my beautiful brain isn't working quite up to par this evening!

Additional Articles from the Book of Medicine:

• Healthy Locations
  
  

  We are just scratching the surface of our review into the History of the Book of Medicine, literally covering the foundation perspective. As we move more into the diagnosis areas and more we will really start to get to some peculiar aspects of the views from the past.

  One thing I’m interested to see and learn is whether or not medical doctors suggested healthy climates. Today, we often see people moving to Florida or Phoenix even for their health. Snow birds from Canada fly south for the winter to escape the cold and get some sun to metabolize vitamin D, escaping to luxurious and inexpensive Orlando vacation rentals selecting condos or villas that are air conditioned but close to all the local attractions.

  Its the weather and climate that keep people flocking back, hoping to get a reprieve and at least feel healthier. So I will be keenly interested to learn if this perspective is new.

• Bony Frame of the Hand – Palm of the Hand
  
  

  Bony Frame of the Hand. – on turning over this flap we behold the bony framework of this wonderful organ. This seemed to consist of a number of bones, so exquisitely arranged as to combine the greatest possible degree of flexibility and strength.

  Palm of the Hand. – below this is given an elegant, and the same time a true and correct view of the muscular arrangement of the palm of the hand and fingers. Over the wrist to see me annular ligament, that then, tough, strong sheet, which binds the muscular courts and holds them firmly in place us in these anatomical charts have we depicted the perfection of the human hand.

  Sometimes you definitely do get the impression that the author is talking much more about the book they are writing, the pictures in the book and absolutely nothing at all related to the topic.  The author could be talking about acne treatment and it would be more relevant than talking about these charts and the ‘perfection of the human hand’.

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• How is Malaria carried by the Mosquito
  
  

  How is malaria carried by the mosquito?-best imagined that a man has returned from some malarial country takes up his abode in a healthy, yet mosquito infested village.  This man may be fairly over his attack yet he still suffers from an occasional chill with fever.  He has no screens in his house, nor have his neighbors, unless previously told to follow such cautions.  A female as Cato are several attack in and stuck his blood which contains these tiny parasites.  The mosquito takes millions of the little parasites which then undergo a development in the body of the insect and can be seen microscopically in the stomach and intestine, and the small glands in its mouth, which secrete saliva.  Now let us follow the mosquito and see what harm it can cause any community.  It flies through a screen door or window and lights on the arm, etc., of an unsuspecting neighbor.  Inviting a person the mosquito ejects or gives off its saliva into the womb to eight in diluting the blood of a person which it has been, as the blood is too thick to be sucked up to the tiny tube in the bill (proboscis) of the mosquito.  In this way the bite of the female mosquito whose body contains a small animal error sites which cause malaria, as by means of the saliva into the blood of the person during the act of sucking up the blood.  Does the mosquito sucks up the blood of the individual and in exchange injects into his blood the saliva contains parasites.  These parasites multiply in the blood of the person bitten and produce poisons which give rise to the chills, fever, aching limbs, etc., known as malaria, malarial fever or “odd,” (chills and fever).  It can readily be seen how malaria will spread when individuals in the community have millions of parasites in the blood, and at the same time as Cato’s are carrying around in their bodies, millions of the same living germs which they sought from the blood of the infected person, develop and inject them into the blood of every person they bite.

  You will notice as you read the follow on sections covering Mosquitos and Malaria that the book is big on talking about where they live, but not terribly practical on how to actually deal with the insects.  There are more references to different possible breeding places than there are gears in a Patek Gondolo watch.