The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1858-08-06
Wonders Of the Human sy.t.m.

fasey appiauds the coutrivauce by which eyery
thing we eat aud drink IL made to glide on i'm road
to the guiles, over the entrance Of the wind pine
without falling into IL. little moveable lid the
epiglottis. which " lifted up when va breathe ts
pressed down upon the chink of the Air passaye nv
the weight of the food and the action 81 the mn
eies in swallowing 10. Neither solids or tiouida
"a short, pass without shutting dawn The tran
aoor as they proceed But this 10 only A part of
the safeguard The slit as the ton of the yiudpipe
which never closes entirely while We breathe
endowed with keen sensfbjlitv to the sljyb
particle Of matter The least thing WHICH toncbes
The margin Of the aperture causea lie sides TO cme
firmly together and tho H. -, 1. .tnr,oa
al the inlet IL is s,onned and nnis.. ren,arsd
must drop at the ext inspiration into the Ianos
To effect its expulsion the sansihi,itv Of The ri
the top OF the windpipe actually pnts into yehs.
ment action whole class cf muscles placed lower
than its bottom aud which. compressiov ,he
chest over which they are di.trtu ,ed drivss ont
the air with force that sweaps The oTandi.g snb
/ stance before it,
| The COO suisiye coughing which arises wban we
are choked fs the effort of pature for n,
relief when ANYTHING chances to have syaded the
| protective epsiottis Yet this properly 10 which
We are constantly owing our lives is nod 20 !.
aingle spot in the throat IL doas not as s;r
Char les Bell afirus belong to the rest of the Wind
pipe bat 10 limited to the orifce where alone IL l.
j needed. Admirabe, too. II ia to observe ths:
while thus sensitive 10 the most M
IL bears without resentment the atnosDheric On r.
rents which are necessarily passing to and fro
Its Irritable liDS. r2iecJao sava ho
4 touch of a crumb of bread nr n dron of wate,
With a spasm which copynise. the ysboia frame !.
yet left 10 itsef and its proper or,fce the intro
mission of air alone nothing can no so o,,iat II
does not even make itself faIt. a ma, do.s mo-,
know that he has a trachea Tb;s canac;,v If nor
eeiyinp with such acuteness this nc * Of
fence yet perfect rest and ga so wba, lat .Ins or.
nropcr ties one would have thouoht not likeiv 10
reside in the same subject It is to the iuoetioD
aoweyer of these almost Inconsistent ou.it;as in
shs as we'll az in some other delicate arts of the
body that wa owe our ssfa,v .nd ~ ~e. % w
our safety to their sens;bility onr eomfort t th;
repose.
Another of the EXAMPLES adduced Lx Raj, IL RI /,
of the heart The C,nons Dr Ua.vay .xam;S
at the request of CHARLES r. n nabIemao IF ,b y
MONTGOMERY family who jt can.aon.n.a cf 49,
abscess. had a fis uious opening M the chsst
through which the heart conid he sean nd h.natJ
The great nh ysinIoo,st was a.,onshsd f a "a !, -,
sensible 81 Than hrorabt mir, ;, h go g.. . ~
King that he mil hi bebold nd ,ouc,, 40
nary thing, and that he might nerceiye as I did
that unlsss when Wa tonchsd the on,sr ss;n ~
when he raw onr finoers in tho cayi,y ,,;s -,
pobleman kpev M, Ihat wa ,auch.d ybs hs.r, -
Yet IL il to the heart thar Wa ,efar our ;,vs on,
! sorrows and our affections: we speak q. . yond.
hearted hard.heart.d q trpe hesr.ad . nd 49,,
less man. Shielded from nbvs;cai violence h~ a.
ont WORK of homes Il ia not IN yassna .;,h a.
which couId have nontribn,ea nothing to i,s nr..
seryatjon. but while il can he vra.ned win ~.
fayers and oiva no ;nt;mat;an of ,t,a 80 ., ;.s
possessor. it unmisnkably resnonds TO the var;ad
.,uoti,ps of the mind aud NV tha GENERAL onnsant
| If mankind ia pronounced the scar of o,,r nis.
.ares. gifts. az sympatbies hatreds and love D.
,ons have freSueptiy drooned do w dead from IN.
yehemenee with which II contracts or synands
anon the suddep announcement of yond or ~
news-its muscnIar walls beins strs;nad too t.r
| 10 the upward or downward direction tn enab,s
them 10 retnrn-and one of the nurooses which
th. nronertv of tha heart ia rroh.br aa.;',aa =,
.uhssrys is TO mt a check mon The nsss;aa. a =.
throuph the aIarninr nj, vsic,, Sensation fsr ox
cite. Ivy "a
| The brain. again IA anc,oaad 4, a bonv c..a An