Bones Seen in the Plate -- the bones of the skull observed in this beautiful plate are: the frontal, which forms the four head or front part of the skull; the parietal, constituting a portion of the side and top of the head; the occipital, forming the lower and back part of the skull, and the temporal, which forms the lowest part of the site any part of the base of the cranium. These several bones are joined together by notched seems, after the manner carpenters call "dove-tailing." Shape of the Skull -- the skull, as will be seen, is oval, which adapts it to the conformation of the brain, besides giving a greater resistance to pressure. The stronger and smaller and is in front, where danger is greatest to the brain, whilst the projections before and behind shield its less protected parks. The peculiar conformation and shape of the skull forms a strong shelter for the brain -- an organ so delicate that if not so strongly guarded from injury, and ordinary blow falling upon it would destroy it forever.

I find the description of the seems of the skull rather interesting. I am no doctor nor am I a carpenter, however the analogy of dovetailing strikes me as rather interesting. Upon looking at the picture in short one of the skull, I can distinguish get the impression that dovetailing might be an apt description. That does make me wonder how bones could be grown in a way that emulates dovetailing, however I suspect that it's probably easier to grown organic substance in that manner than it is to join two pieces of wood by force into notched pieces and make them stick or hold in place. Maybe with the advances of nanotechnology and other areas of convergence and biotech we might actually see a day where actual dovetailing is performed with nanotechnology that grows itself into place. Can you imagine installing a tile floor or even a wood floor where instead of using grout or glue or a nail gun you activate a nano tech compound that remembers how to join itself and seal the seems of tile or would together? Don't get me wrong I recognize that this would use a highly advanced technology to perform something that might actually emulate an old fashion way to cover a floor with tile or wood. It's probably more likely by the time that we have got firmer grasp on nanotechnology that we may not have the Woods agreed a floor with and we may not have the desire to use tiles of floor covering opting instead for some more ergonomic substance that's better for our feet and knees. I'm sure in a hundred years my comments will sound quaint and silly just like certain aspects of his books on plain silly to me today. :)

Additional Articles from the Book of Medicine:

• Colon Cleanser on Public Health Forum
  
  

  Now I cover a lot of items that seem a little peculiar culturally speaking. Today, I happened across PublicHealthForums.com. One of their sub-forums is a Bowtrol Forum. People show up to the forum to get Bowtrol Reviews and try and decide whether or not they should Buy Bowtrol.

  Now I mention this because one of the people visiting the form asked the perfectly logical question:

  I have a question. I just ordered a two months supply. My husband is afraid to try the product during working hours. Will it cause discomfort during the day? Any cramping, diarrhea, or other extremes?

  That is definitely a reasonable question for a colon cleanser. Culturally speaking I wonder what people will think about this type of Social Networking in the future. In many ways the Library of Health is a book that published the accumulated medical knowledge of the time to distribute to people around the country. It was a codification of medical practices and possibly word of mouth knowledge and herbal lore even.

  Not so different than people coming together to work out a best practice solution for the usage of a medical product or treatment today.

• The Olfactory Nerve & The Tongue
  
  

  This week I have uploaded a number of the pictures I’ve been promising for a couple weeks scanned. I will provide an administrative update about that soon after I do it, and I will go back and update hyperlinks in past articles directing to those images readers that find the articles and some date after they’ve been published. For anyone following along in the feed of this website the ordering of articles may get a little jumbled for a day or two as I perform those updates. I apologize for that in advance.  Here is the link for the often reference set of pictures from Chart 1.

  With this article I’m going to move into the next two sections that cover the olfactory nerve and the tongue.

  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.

• Breast Augmentation
  
  

  I am absolutely positive that the last thing that the authors of the Library of Health ever thought of was the concept of the Breast Augmentation.  In 1916 society was just starting to loose its naivety as the first Great War started.  Just a few years later fashion would promote the strapping of breasts for the best showing of the ‘Flapper’ styles and dangling necklaces and Bobbed hair cuts.

  The concept of purposefully modifying body parts had probably only been considered from the perilous perspective of science fiction like Shelley’s notorious work on the subject.

  Today, breast augmentation in los aneles is as common a practice as it is in Peoria, Illinois or anywhere across the United States and even on into many other countries around the world.  To put it another way you do not have to get a breast augmentation los angeles style, but it is possible and accepted.  There is a great deal of research that has been done that indicates that augmentations may even help the psychological impact and self perspective of a person receiving an augmentation.  Regardless, counselling in addition to an augmentation is an important thing to consider. After all you are seeking a permanent (semi-permanent at least) physical change in your body that you may have to live with for the rest of your life.  You should make sure you are ready for this and then move forward with confidence.

  Los Angeles breast augmentation may be known as the birth place for the concept or at least the hollywood acceptance of the practice but it has definitely transcended cultural barriers and continues to become popular around the world.

  The flip side of course is the breast reduction.  Some women seek to have a reduction performed.  This sometimes brings their breasts into balance or reduces their overall weight.  Sometimes this can even be accompanied by an augmentation after the fact to create a desired effect.