First book on anatomy, physiology, and hygiene : for grammar schools and families : with eighty-three engravings / by Calvin Cutter.

  • Cutter, Calvin, 1807-1873?
Date:
1875, ©1854
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Credit: First book on anatomy, physiology, and hygiene : for grammar schools and families : with eighty-three engravings / by Calvin Cutter. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the University of Toronto, Harry A Abbott Dentistry Library, through the Medical Heritage Library. The original may be consulted at the Harry A Abbott Dentistry Library, University of Toronto.

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    doors and windows are not sufficient. There should be an aperture at or near the floor, to connect with the outer walls of the building or external air. 274. The sick-room, particularly, should be so arranged that the impure air may escape, and pure air be constantly coming into the room. Curtains around the bed, and the sheet over the face, are injurious. The effect is similar to that produced by sleeping in a small, unventilated room. 275. The change that is effected in the blood while passing through the lungs, not only depends upon the purity of the air, but the amount inspired. The quantity varies according to the size of the chest, and the movement of the ribs and diaphragm. Fi2. 60. Fig. 61. Fig. 60. The skeleton of a deformed rliesi. Fig. 61. The skeleton of a well-formed chest. 276. The size of the chest and lungs can he diminished by moderate and continued pressure. This is most easily done in infancy, when the cartilages and ribs are very pliant; yet it can be effected at more advanced periods of life. Observations. 1st. The Chinese, by compressing the feet of female children, prevent their growth ; so tha> the foot of a 274. What rooms particularly should be well ventilated ? Why are cur- tains around abed injurious ? 275. What varies the amount of air received Into the lungs ? 276. How can the size of the chest be diminished ? What does fig. 60 represent ? Fig. 61 ? Give observation 1st. 9*