Beauty and Strength of the Foot. -- not only does the foot, too, frequently sustain heavy weights, but it must carry them as well. It likewise affords a firm support. Were it not for this beautiful mechanism, the constant jarring a concussion which would be experienced in the act of walking would inevitably destroy these delicate organs, the brain and spinal cord, and death would immediately follow. How few persons and civilized nations have perfectly natural feat! The beauty and utility of the human foot is marred; its movements are impeded by encasement and unnatural boots and shoes; these, instead of conforming to the form and shape of the foot, make the foot of death itself to them. The consequences corns, bunions, cross toes, in-growing toenails, large joints, and a number of other evils from which so many suffer the present day.

And that sections ends another section of non-sense.  I am looking forward to the further sections of the book that actually conveys some knowledge.  You couldn't find useful information in this section of the book with a GPS device.

Additional Articles from the Book of Medicine:

• Proximity of Privy and Well.
  
  

  Proximity of Privy and Well.  — unless privy and well be located at considerable distance from each other, and further unless the nature of the ground be such that the flow from the privy will be away from the sources of the well, there is always great danger of the pollution of the well water with germs from the privy.  This also applies to nearby stable yards.  There are many authenticated cases of typhoid which have been directly traced to the proximity of wells to privies and stables, and the dangers should not be underestimated.

  Today, we often consider the injury that we sustain at the hands of others, but consider that 100 years ago, just living, building or improving your home could potentially create unintended results that could significantly impact your health.  Searching for a Seattle injury lawyer in a case where you have essentially poisoned yourself due to the poor design or layout of your water supply and privy or septic system would not do you much good.

• Chart 1
  
  

  Here are several images captured with a digital camera covering Chart 1.

  
  
  
  
  

• Arteries and the Purpose of the Spleen
  
  

  Intercostal Arteries.–the intercostal arteries and veins are beautifully illustrated in the chart.  The veins return the blood to the heart.  The large ascending and descending venae cavae are seen in this illustration.

  Meaning of artery.–from the fact that death arteries are empty, the ancients believed in to contain air, whence their name, derived from aer, air, and terco, I keep, which literally means, air ducts.

  The Spleen.– the spleen is a spongy organ, of a living color, oval in figure and situated in the left upper part of the abdomen and immediately behind the stomach.  It’s weight very from four to 10 ounces.  It is largely composed of cells, but it’s function is little understood, though from its position is believed to be in some way useful to the stomach during the process of digestion.

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  We are moving rapidfire through the section and were just about ready to come up on the next section of charts, chart 3.  Shortly after chart 3 we will then hit two of the book of medicine and we will move into anatomy and physiology.

  So sit back, if you’ve got any questions stop by our reception desks and ask her receptionist in the meantime enjoy our translation of the book of medicine.

  As to the known purpose of the spleen today (according to Ask Yahoo! the definitive answer on everything and nothing at all)

  • filtering out foreign organisms that infect your blood
  • removing your old or damaged platelets and red blood cells
  • storing extra blood and releasing it as needed
  • forming some types of white blood cells