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".
Additional Articles from the Book of Medicine:
- Breathing Capacity of Lungs
Breathing Capacity of Lungs. –the breeding capacity of the lungs bears a close correspondence to the stature of man. For an ordinary sized man of about 5′8″ in height, it will be 230 cubic inches, or about 1 gallon of air, and for each additional inch of stature up to 6 feet, there will be an increase of 8 cubic inches. in a forcible expiration all the air in the lungs is not expelled; or still remains behind 100 cubic inches. thus, with his son expelled air, the breeding capacity of an ordinary sized man is about 330 cubic inches, or equivalent to 11 pints of air. Of the 230 cubic inches, 100 can only be forced into lungs by the exercise of great effort, and is available for emergencies as striking a heavy blow, or for the purpose of training, as in singing, rolling, running, climbing, etc.; but the extra amount of air old was on hand in the lungs is of great value, since it enables the lungs to perform their functions continuously, even under severe and violent exertions.
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At this point in time I’m on page 47 of this text. We’ve been walking through basic anatomy, and I have a layman’s education in anatomy. I think this might be the first time that I’ve actually learned something conceivably useful from the book. I do not know how accurate it might be, I was intrigued by the concept that some of the air for the lungs remains in the lungs continuously. I do understand the concept of air pressure and this does make logical sense in that regards. It would also explain why it’s important to cover hole in the chest if you happen to puncture a lung. The puncture creates a deflated long which is lost that amount of air which remains at a constant level.
All in all I’m quite impressed that I have learned something from the book that’s meant to teach me something.
- Chart II – THE INTERNAL WONDERS OF THE HUMAN BODY REVEALED
CHART II
THE INTERNAL WONDERS OF THE HUMAN BODY REVEALED
THE HUMAN BODY AND ITS MARVELOUS PERFECTION
Wonderful Structure of the Body — The human body is the highest form of animal life. It is full of beautiful proportions and divinely symmetrical in shape, form, mould and outline. We look with honest pride and glowing admiration upon the many accomplishments that man is achieved in the world around us. We see is skill displayed in the various arts and sciences, and we look with awe upon the projects of his intellect and reason, the realization of which is but a small question of time! We boast of our ships, our steamboats and our steam cars; we are justly proud of our bridges, our viaducts and the progress of our engineering skill; we grow enthusiastic over our telegraphs, our telephones, our electric lights; we feel a degree of national pride in the achievements in successes of Edison, the wizard of Menlo Park; aware, let us ask, in the whole range of events, the acquirements of arts, the attainments of engineering, or the successes and promises of electrical sciences, can we find such an other structure as the human body, that curious, yet perfect world of wonders!
As we closed up the section on chart 1, I marveled at the lack of verbosity (apparently it’s contagious upon reading this book) that the author had foregone. The author must have sensed the fact that they missed an opportunity and rapidly work to make it up in the titles of this section and in this opening paragraph. The flowery language is definitely back.
Even more interesting are several anecdotes about the moral goals and accomplishments of the human race that distinctly date the book. The author describes steamboats and steam cars as existing technologies and not technologies are long dead. The author then goes on to describe new technologies such as electric lights, telephones, and even telegraphs, which are technologies that today are either dead or dying. The author even speaks of Thomas Edison in a way that makes you think that Thomas Edison is actually alive or just recently passed, possibly someone at the author even knew. For the record Thomas Edison did not pass away until 1931, and so the author was in fact dropping a name of a living hero to technology into the advances of not only science but practical applications of science.
Today we might mention people like Steve Wozniak or Steve Jobs were Bill Gates as people that are brought a modern marvel of technology in the personal computer into the homes and offices and/or rooms of almost every person in the
Comparably this is 2007 as I’m writing this today and the personal computer was invented somewhere between 1972 and 1976 depending on which organization or person you credit for creating the personal computer. My personal vote goes to Xerox and the
- The Fibula and Sciatic Nerve
the fibula. — not only does this second bone-the fibula-get additional string in support to the lake proper, but it likewise increases the bony area or surface of the lake, to which its powerful muscular lovers are attached.
The Sciatic Nerve.- the large sciatic nerve, its position, course and distribution, is graphically outlined, and as we look upon this point, since the court, we are deeply impressed with the force and truth of what Shakespeare makes one of his characters, to moan say:
“________the cold sciatica
Cripples our senators, but their limbs may halt
as plainly as their manners.”
Now I do understand that this is not terribly exciting reading at this point in time. Enough to let a person get some sleep at a hotel trying to offer up time share real estate Branson options, I’m sure.