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.

Additional Articles from the Book of Medicine:

• Lead Diseases
  
  

  Lead Diseases. — the injurious effects of lead upon the human system are displayed first, in the production of dyspepsia; later, obstinate constipation and a peculiar kind of colic, so common among painters from the influence of lead that it has received the name of “painter’s colic;” and finally, disturbance of the nervous system, especially that peculiar form of lead palsy called wrist drop, in which the power to lift up the hand is more or less completely lost.

  If that seems a little scary consider that this book was written right around the same time that life insurance became popular.  Now back then, life expectancy was much lower than it is today. Its increased by about 25 years give or take.  Today life insurance quotes might also be a lot more reliable due to the higher competition amongst many high quality insurance agencies that no longer sell insurance door to door like they did 100 years ago.  Regardless, I think most of us would just rather avoid lead diseases all together.

• Duty of the Throat
  
  

  Duty of the Throat.- the muscular bands of the throat now grasp it and pass it down the gullet into the stomach, beyond our control.  Here it comes into contact with the gastric juice, undergoes the churning motion of the stomach, discarded over by the pylorus, thoroughly saturated in mixed before entering into the intestinal tract, where it is subjected to the action of the file, the pancreatic juice and the intestinal fluid each with its special duty to perform.

   

  Again nothing terribly exciting here in this section but the next one will take us into “Nature’s Treasures Opened to Man”.

• Dangers in Snow Water
  
  
  • Distilled Water
    
    

    Distilled Water. At the present day, most sea-going vessels are provided with apparatus for distilling the water of the ocean, and so producing a pure and wholesome but insipid water, which can be rendered, however, more palatable by agitation with plenty of fresh air. Hence, the horrible agony of death by thirst among sailors is now much less frequent than formerly, although mariners in open boats, or cast upon small uninhabited islands, still sometimes scan with anxious eyes the briny waste around them, beholding
    

    “Water, water every where, but not a drop to drink.”

    —

    This article tells me something that I had never heard of before as they mention that sea going vessels at the turn of the last century had water distilling devices that they could use to generate water.  Today, we tend to think of swimming pools and home theater seating and tennis and buffets.  Definitely a difference in culture and technology and what you can do with it all.

  • The Veins
    
    

    The Veins.–The venal arteries are derived direct from the aorta; and the large veins terminate in the ascending large vein. On the right kidney is seeing the super-renal capsule; whilst the left is cut vertically into showing the uriniferous tubes, much convoluted and inosculating with each other.  The ureter is seen arising from the pelvis of the kidney, descending in an oblique manner to the bladder.  These wonderful little organs appear to act as filters, and thus assist to keep the vital stream of life and as pure and as healthy a condition as possible.

    The Bladder.–The bladder is a thin, membranous bag, which serves as he receiver of the year and secreted by the kidneys, and which remains there until voided by your nation through the urethra.

    Bone Sections.– the sections of the bones show their cancellated appearance, which combines lightness with strength.

     

    As I was putting together the section and transcribing it from the book, the translation software had quit the difficulty with several of the words in this section.  Uriniferous actually stood out as eight extra troubling word.

  • THE VERMIFORM APPENDIX
    
    

    The section of the book is supports chart number two is about to come to a close

    .  The next few sections are short simple and mostly to the point.  The author doesn’t seem to dwell on the topics with excessive words.  In general many of these areas discuss a number of organs are actually fairly important and it’s rather odd that the author gave them so little attention compared to the drivel that the author used for complete nonsense.  So here we go…

    The chart brings into view the location and form of that wonderful little organ known as the Vermiform (wormlike) Appendix (appendage).  It is an appendage of the Caecum, or lower bowel.  Its uses as a bowel appendage have never been established.  It occurs in other animals besides man.  Notwithstanding its diminutive size and uselessness as an organ is the seat of that most painful and dangerous disease called Appendicitis, which was formerly attributed to the presence of some foreign body, is a grape-seed, lodged within.  But it has been found inflammation of the Appendage may arise from numerous other causes.  Many doctors insist that a surgical operation — that is, the entire removal of it with knife — is the proper curative agent, especially in acute cases.  But others insist that the knife is too frequently used, and that the disease, if taken in time, is quite surely curable by other means.

     

    Will a hundred years from the date of this book, we still don’t know too much about appendix.  However removal by surgery does say to be the most common form of curing this problem.  A hundred years ago before antibiotics have been discovered, surgeries were much more dangerous and it is readily apparent why scientists and doctors would have considered alternate methods of curing appendicitis.

    If you’re looking for something funny, do a quick Google search on cures for appendicitis and you’ll still find some peculiar notions of how to cure the problem.

  Dangers in Snow Water.  — snow water, pure and fresh as it seems may be very dangerous to health and consequence of organic impurities contained in it.