Rutland herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1823-1847, 1836-08-30
rnEIirMhN SYSTEM.

The following from various sources. arr very
curious esleuisa,ons aud worthy Of deep cac, ton
II is slways good TO consider hux "fosrfuiw aud
wonlclfuiy" ~carc made and to contemplate the
chsuccs which render our con,inasue. 10 ,hc world
almosl every momont smrc'o.--.v y Mirror.
la the humsu sys,em are four hundred and for.
iy-6se 1aoos each having forty d,-lucl u,euiions
o. fupclpus 10 a,Gl ,uo hundred and forty six
nostcs aDd each of benz ha'in, ten different 10.
icnLlrs. Bcsles iAc tcn1pu-, liramsrts. uc.ycs.
'elns and glands 80 lhe body. there are not less
, t'au rur iaauraud h,e hundred million membrane
Hs cells connected euh iiC lungs more t6au tao
boatr'd million p,.cs 40 tao aiu, through which
preparation 10 euns. only flowing, and above one
hnu1rcd thousand tnilion scales which compose the
caliclc 20 skD of ,hc body. There arc a-o the
compound ore6us ~ he --tlc BRAIN the heart ,hr
hstr he Spleen. 'hc k1uie., the iolosiu,s tho or
gems ~ cusr with their ,auod conneyion the
bond thc bile 'hc lymph The saliva, the chylc, etc.
Tho astonishing ratification of Tie nerves und
veins through tie system. niny be gathered from
the fact. that the last puncture, though made by
smallest possible instrument, 1.-THE sting of gna,,
for instance lwl both draw blood and produce pain
"a proof that both nerve aud "a vein have been
struck.
much machinery there Is IN their own bodies Not
only ale Their joints and hinges in he bones out
there are valves in the VEINS, forcing pnmp liz the
herai, aud various othor curioslties. One o. the
muscles Of the eve forms real pulley. The bones
which support the body are made precisely in that
torn which hua been calculated by ma,hnaucan-
10 be the strongest loo pillars aud supporting coll
umns. that ui hollow syndcfs This form com
0.ncs iho greatest ighthcss with the greatest
strength. OF lh,s form the Guills in birds wing
where these requisites necessary.
"Ah ingenious author asserts that the length Of
mans life may be estimated by tho pulsations he
has strength enough to perform. Thus allowing
seventy years for the common age OF man. and six
ty pulses a minute for the common measure of pu.
sts IN temperate person, the number Of pulsaions
IN his whole life viii amount to 2,207 $40 900
but if by irtcmpe-anc he force his blood into more
rapid motion as to give seventy five pulses in
minute, the same would be completed in fiv Elk
wears, consequently the life would be reduced four.
teen years.
There rs iron enough in the blood Of fofly two
men to make ploughshare weighing twenty -four
pounds. man is taller in The Inurniug than al
night To the extent OF half an inch or more owing
Co the relaxation of the oartilages. Total ubsi-
nence above seven days is fatal TO man. but there
are INSTANCES of surviving longer period. y ro-
EioUh fanatic, IN l'oJ determined to last iOFty
daos, and died on the 10Th.
"The aggregate population on the known surface
Of the habitablc globe, is estimated at eight humid
red and ninetyh millions three hundred thousand
souls. II wc reckon with the ancients that the
generation last thirty years thea in that space OF
time, eight hundred and ninety five millions, three
hundred I'll ousond human beings will be born and
die consequently cighty-onc thousand seven hun
dred aud sixty must be dropping oil into eternity
every day; three Thousand four hundred and seven
every hour, aud about fifty six every minute.
For those individuals who have morbid desire
not TO have their remains defaced py death and
worms. some comfort is offered for the discovery
which il said to have been made, that if the bod
les of men animals be plunged for some time in
corrosive submatr, and afterwards dried. they as
sumo the consistency of wood, and the air prodG-
ccs no cilccr upon them aud if the bodies be injec-
ted before they plunged in the liquor, they will
retain the color aud appearance ofle, and couse.
qnenlly form mummies far more perfect than the
I Egyptians"