Identifier: 61410640R.nlm.nih.gov
Title: First book on anatomy, physiology, and hygiene : for grammar schools and families
Year: 1849 (1840s)
Authors: Cutter, Calvin, 1807-1873? Cutter, Calvin, 1807-1873?. First book on anatomy and physiology
Subjects: Hygiene Anatomy Physiological Phenomena
Publisher: Boston : Mussey
Contributing Library: U.S. National Library of Medicine
Digitizing Sponsor: Open Knowledge Commons, U.S. National Library of Medicine

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; so that every part takes up and converts to its ownuse the very principles which it requires for its growth ; or, inother words, as the vital current approaches each organ, theparticles appropriate to it feel its attractive force, — obey it,—quit the stream, — mingle with the substance of its texture,—and are changed into its own true and proper nature. Illustration. When a bone is broken, or a nerve wounded,minute vessels shoot out from the living parts, and immediatelycommence their operations, by depositing bony matter, where itis required to unite fractured bones, and nervous substance toheal the wounded nerve. Give a pro^f f **>e pver-changing state of the body. Give other instancesillustrative ot tru- ?nangeful stats of the body. 247- By whai rossels is therenewal of erery part of the bidy perfected? 24S. What is said of theoffice of the nutrient capillary vessels ? When a bone is fractured, by whatprocess is it sealed ? 88 ANATOMY, PHYSIOLOGY, AND HYGIENE. Fie. 53.
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Fig. 53. A front view of the organs within the cliest and abdomen. I, 1, I, I, Themusles of the chest. 2,2,2,0, The ribs. 3,3,3, The upper, middle, and lowerlobes of the right lung. 4, 4, The lobes of the left lung. 5, The right ventricle ofthe heart. C, The left ventricle. 7, The right auricle of the heart. 8, The left auri-cle. 9, The pulmonary artery. 10, The aorta. 11, The vena cava descendens.12, The trachea. 13, The oesophagus. 14, 14, 14, 14, The pleura. If), 15, 15, Thediaphragm. 16, 1G, The right and left lobe of the liver. 17, The gall-cyst. 18, Thestomach. 26, The spleen. 19, 19, The duodenum. 20, The ascending tolon.21, The transverse colon. 25, The descending colon. 22, 22, 22, 22, The small in-testines. 23, 23, The abdominal walls turned down. 24, The thoracic duct, openinginto the left subclavian vein, (27.) ANATOMY OF THE RESPIRATORY ORGANS. 89 CHAPTER XIX. THE RESPIRATORY ORGANS. 249. The nutrient portion of the food is poured into thevein at the lower part of the nec

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