Grace and Ease in Walking.- in the several beautiful and anatomical charts illustrating the bony, muscular and an internal mechanism of the human frame we have been consciously awakened to its complexity we been forcibly impressed as the amazing skill in wisdom displayed in his marvelous arrangement, and at the general order, system, harmony and perfection which everywhere prevails throughout the diversified contrivance of the body. But its wonders do not stop there. The graceful motion, ease with which we won, lead, etc., demonstrating with/entity difference Russell's concern to those movements contract and obey the impulse of the will.
This is the last section of entries from Book 1 of the Book of Medicine and soon I will be toasting the completion of the transcription of the first 70 pages of the book toasting myself with a nice red wine in a new set of Riedel wine glasses. I am going to be temporarily skipping Book 2 on anatomy and focus next on Book 3 'Preventative Medicine' which includes such interesting sections as 'How to Get Rid of Flies' and killing cockroaches, sexual diseases and sexual education for children. I've got a feeling this next section will be much more interesting.
Here's the last few sections all together to complete Book 1.
The Voice.- the voice may utter 1500 letters in a minute, yet the articulation of each of those sounds requires a different and distinct position of the vocal organs, the muscles of which move a surprising celerity and swiftness.
Deafness of the Fingers.- in music we train the muscles of the fingers until the glide over the keyboard of the piano with dexterity and precision, and perform the most simple and delightfully exquisite music and onto the grand, difficult and complex passage of a private harmony. The mind of the skillful and professional violinist is upon the music which his right hand is executing by the very movements of the bow, yet the muscles of his left hand and fingers are deathly engaged in determining the length of the space of the strings, the character and duration of each note; and so rapidly, carefully, aye, even unconsciously are these complex movements made, but not a false note is heard, though the variation of a singles hair's breadth would cause a discord, and is spoil the pleasing effect of the music, and destroy the attractiveness of its harmony.
Muscle Development.- the bicep muscle in the arm of the blacksmith may grow strong, Howard, firm, and a solid almost as a club; the legs of the pedestrian may become large and well developed; the hand of a prizefighter trains over the force of a sledgehammer; while the end and terms, engraver trees line so delicate line as the invisible to the naked eye, and the fingers of the blind acquirer delicacy of touch that almost compensates for the missing sense. Thus there are few conceptions of the designing mine which the muscular system of man cannot be made to execute and perform.
Additional Articles from the Book of Medicine:
- Outbreak at Salford Jail
Outbreak at Salford Jail. — In the Salford, England, jail there was a sudden outbreak of diarrhea of a choleric type, which affected more than half of the prisoners; while of the officers and their families, who were distributed throughout the building, not one was attacked. The food of the convicts was examined and found to be good; it was evident, also, that the air to not contain the cause of the disease, as both classes above mentioned were under the same conditions in that respect. Suspicion was therefore directed to the drinking water. It was then discovered that, though the water supply in all parts of the prison was derived from the same source, there was one sister for the use of the officers, and another’s covered cistern for furnishing to the prisoners their allowance, and that the un-trapped overflow pipe of the latter communicated with an open sewer. On the day of the outbreak of diarrhea in the jail, the water from the cistern was observed to be colored and to taste unpleasantly.
This is definitely an interesting historical footnote, even though it would appear that this case was likely at least 20-50 years old when the author covered it 100 years from the publication of this internet article. Never the less, it is interesting to learn again how this case was tracked and gain some additional historical perspective. It helps us to understand the actual situations that led to policy and change and codes in plumbing and more over the years and helps make the current code less distant as if its there for the simple practice of bureaucracy as if we were reading actuarial tables about term life insurance and not a medical guide that might have saved some people’s lives as they put this into practice.
- How Can We Keep Healthy?-
How Can We Keep Healthy?- the best answer to that question is, to be the child of healthy parents income from a sturdy stock. The nurse at the mother’s breast and raise outdoors in the sunshine and fresh air, to sleep at plenty of air in the room at night. To have a natural movement of the files once a day. And through childhood to receive three meals a day consisting of pure wholesome food, plenty of milk, free from germs, pure water and sleep from 10 to 12 hours a night throughout childhood, depending on the age. To play into work which will be in the air and develop the muscles gradually. Every child should be vaccinated anytime after the six-month and repeat at the seventh year, to be done at once, in addition during an epidemic of smallpox. It is not necessary or write for a child to have scarlet fever, measles, diphtheria, etc., as so many people think. They are often followed by deafness, heart disease, nervous diseases and paralysis which nature never meant to inflict a child with to go through life.
Children’s teeth, eyes and throat should be examined at intervals and many defects corrected. The tonsils and adenoids (growths would stop up the nose and prevent air being breathed properly) should be removed. Enlarged tonsils often cause deafness by preventing air from the throat reaching the ear cavity due to stopping the opening of the Eustachian tube which leads from the throat to the ear.
Children should not be taught to many branches at school. Every school should be well lighted with plenty of fresh air. Many of the smaller schools are now being built on open ropes of buildings in large cities or in platforms placed out of doors with just a roof overhead to protect the children. All schools should be held in the open where possible. There is absolutely no chance of cold that the children are warmly dressed in experiments are proven that the children are healthier, more attentive and mentally deficient where they had been in school in the open air.
This kicks off an interesting theme that I have seen throughout this section of the book as I took a sneak peak into things. Its the concept that fresh air all by itself is important to health. Now, I suspect that the real benefit to good health is actually the absence of pollution, which was a real problem even 100 years ago with coal soot and other contributors of new industrial run off problems. If we could time travel, I think one of the interesting things we’d discover if we could send people back to large and small cities armed with digital cameras is that pollution was likely very rampant 100 years ago. This was very likely a significant health problem.
That said, keeping people outside in the fresh air just for the sake of being outside in the fresh air regardless of the temperature is approximately where the science runs into pseudoscience and misunderstanding.
- Impurities in Rain Water
In a world where rain water is polluted more and more by run off following the decimation of forests, trees, and large tracts of land, it is no wonder that we suffer from ozone at ground level and not at stratospheric levels, its only a matter of time before we all have to invest in portable oxygen concentrators to keep our homes habitable. Impurities in Rain-Water.–It contains, however, small quantities of organic matter, nitric acid and ammonia, all of which are washed out of the air through which it descends as rain. The source of the nitric acid is believed to be the nitrogen of the atmosphere, which combines with oxygen under the influence of the electric spark during thunder-storms. Nitric acid in rain-water exists in such insignificant amount as to be entirely unimportant in itself ; but it adds very seriously to the danger of impregnation with lead from lead pipes, roofs and cisterns by rapidly dissolving that metal and forming the very soluble and highly poisonous salt, nitrate of lead.
