The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1855-10-09
ract. about the d, un,a m Isoay.

There, are two hundred and eight bs'nessIn The
human body. exclusive of The teeth. These b"nf
are composed ul animal and ear.hy materials th
| former predominarng in youth. and she later IN
I'D age, rendering he bone brittle. The msst
important OF The bones The spine, which Is com
posed nf twenty four small bones called the YER
tebre one on top Of The other, cuii pnsly hooked
together, unL fastened by elastic iganlen's, form
ing pillar So 10 spt ak, ny which the human frame
| is supported.
The b. ncs are moecd bv thu musrl,s. "f ~hjch
there are more than five hundred The red n"ai
o. beef, the tat bring exclud' d. Is the muscular
fabric OF The OK. There are twu srcts OF muscles
| one TO draw The bone one way, ard another I"
draw il back again. We cannut heller Describe
the muscles than by comparing ta''m Ia tue 'th>
TIC threads bound up 10 their {" skin. Many
muscl-s terminate IL H.ndous, which are stout
cord, :, ch as may be rras"rsing tiIe back OF
the hand Just within the skin and winch Can be-
Observer 10 move wl"n The baud Is "P"ned or SMUT.
Every mrion We make, eV.n the Involuntary Onr
nl t.rrarhng ls performed through hr agency OF
the muscles.
In adults there are about fifteen quarts Of blood,
r.ch quart weighing about tvs" pounds. THIS
hi""L Is at TWO kinds, the arIerai and 'enGUs.-
The first il the pure blood il leaves ia" heart l."
nourIsh the frame, and is ni bright v"rniili"n
color. The last is the blood as it returns I" IN"
b." there reinrd, and is of purple hue. Every
puIsaurn nf the heart sends out about two ounces
of arterlal blood, and there from seventy IT,
eighty beats ~ The minute, hngsh"ai at hlOuR
passes through the heart every ,ur. In tcvrrs
he pulSaion Are accelerated The waste nl the
body goes fas'rr than it can b" r'cup"rarrd !;
and consequently death rnsues If the fever i 40:
checked.
The stomach is the boiler if we my use >uch
dTiV h.. huI
sells OF muscles. crossing each other iran>vrrsrIv,
the food nV'r and over, churn,ng il up in the
gastric juice i'll ii has been reduced 10 tn" cnnSI>
tency OF hin paste. This process requires from
two to tour hours. Emerging from the sr"mlch,
the food enters the small nrsiinrS, where it is
mixed with bile and The pancreauc JUICE, and con-
yertrd into chylp. These small inres'In"s
twenrv-Gour feet Inng, closely packed, Of course,
and surrounded through their whole length with
small tubes, Hhch act like suckers, and dra wing
off The CHI, le empty il INFO larger tube, named
the lhpracc duct, which up the back, and dis.
charges its Contents INTO the jugular vein. whence
passes into the heart, TO assist III forming ar
Ieriai blood
The lungs are two bags CONNECTED with the OPEN
air by the windpIpe, which branches into
mern bic small ubes all over he inside The lungs.
each tube terminating I'D Il minute air cell. The
other surface of these air cells is toll Of Gu parrs
dividing the air from The blood. The impure pur.
ton of veHnuS bl"od is ca bnnc acrd, WHICH, hav
ing stronger affinity for air than Tor blood pas
SEES through this thin brance in gaseous STALE
combines with the air in the air cells and Is expe-
led with the next expiration. Nj anime the oXv-
gen Of the air unIres with the blood, and b-comr>
purified then passing into the heart, being mixed
with chyle, it is forced through the body lie
giving and arIeriaI blood
The SKIN serves nj important purpose in carry.
ing off impurities from the human system. IL is
with capiIlares, which contain more
blood in the aggregate than all the other capiIIa
rirs of the body 1t is also perforated with count.
less peTSpration tubes. the united length Of which
amount to twenry-righr miles, and which drain
away from three to four pounds Of waste matter
every rwenyfnur hours, five eigh' his Of all that
the body discharges.
The nerves an0rher curious feature OF the
animal economy. They are. however. but Irte
They act as feelers to tell The WAITS
nf the body. and also Conductors 10 will the
muscl's to act. Thev branch our from The brain
= nd spine over the whole frame, IN infinitely fine
fibres, like the branches and twigs oil tree.
Ledger.