Change of air : considered with regard to atmospheric pressure, and its electric and magnetic concomitants, in the treatment of consumption & chronic disease : with a general commentary on the most eligible localities for invalids / by J.C. Atkinson.

  • Atkinson J. C. (John Charles)
Date:
1867
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Credit: Change of air : considered with regard to atmospheric pressure, and its electric and magnetic concomitants, in the treatment of consumption & chronic disease : with a general commentary on the most eligible localities for invalids / by J.C. Atkinson. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh. The original may be consulted at the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh.

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    its texture is not so close and firm as that of the outer coat, and every part of its sub- stance is penetrated by blood-vessels and nerves ; the latter are the source of feeling, enabling us to perform the most delicate operations of touch, and teaching us to avoid what would irritate or give pain. In conse- quence of this quick perception, the interior organs of our bodies are as well protected from injury as that of the most thick-skinned animals. The outer surface of the dermis consists of innumerable fibres, resembling network, full of little cells or bags, contain- ing fat, which yield in every direction, and adapt themselves to every movement of the body. The fibrous network is said to con- tain the material, which gives the skin the colour in every shade, from the blackness of the negro to the ruddy complexion of the Anglo-Saxon. When the skin is in a state of health, it is always undergoing changes or renewal; the dermis continually pushes up a number of little round cells, which be- E