The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1859-03-11
FqcrS .aB0UT TIE BODY.

F.lcTS ABOUT THE BODY.
There are about 200 bones in the human
body. exclusive Of tie teeth. The bones are
composed of animal and earthly materials, the
| former predominatiag in youth and the latter
in oil age, rendering the bones br.i,Ie. The
most important of these bones is the spine,
which IS composed ofiWenty-!our small Bones,
| called the ver'ebiae, one Oh top Of the other,
curi9usly hooked together and fastened ~ elias
tic liyanents, forming pillar By which tas
! human ody IS supported.
( The bones are moved by The muscles, Of which
! there are more than 500. The red meat or
( beef, the fat being excluded, is the muscular
/ fabric ol the OK. There are two sets OF mus
1 cles one to draw the bones one way, and ano-
! ther 10 draw them back again. We eanno;
better describe The muscles than by comparing
/ taera 70 fine elastic thread bound up IN cases OF
skin. MANY muscles terminate In tendons
which are slau, cords, such as guay be seen tra-
versinG the back Of the hand, just without the
skia, aud which can be observed 10 more when
tap hand is opened or shut. Every motion We
make, even the involuntary one Of fbreathing, is
performed thTonghthe agency Of muscles.
II adalls there are about fifteen quarts et
blood each weighing about two pounds. This
blood Is ftwo kinds, artrrial and venous. The
FIRST is the pare bl0oj as ii leaves The hea to
nonr,h the frame, and is Of a bright yermiI-
/ lion coloi The last is the blood as It runs 10
tie heart loaded with the impurities ofhe body
to be there regnsd, aad is of purple hue
Every pulsl,ion Of the heart sends out TWO ouu-
ces OF arterla blood, and as there are from 70
10 so beats in a minute, a hogshead of blood
| passes through the heart every hour. 10 fever
/ the pulsations are accelerated, and consequently
| death ensues if the fever is not checked.
/ The stomach is boiler, Il We may Use such
| figure, which drives the human engine. Two
sets Ct muscles, crossing each other, turn the
fuad over aed over churninx it up a gastric
/ Juice till it has been reduced 10 the consistency
Of thin paste. THIS process requires from TWO
4 to four hours.
Emerging from the stomach The food enters
! the small intsstineS, where II is mixed with the
bile aud pancrraiIc juice and converted into
! chyle. These small lntesiines are tweniy-tour
| iret long closely packed, of course, and sur
rounded through their whole length with small
tubes which are like sockets and drawing OF
the chyle, empty into large tube called the
| thoracic duet, which runs up the back and dis
charges the contents into the jugular vein,
whence ii passes TO he heart 10 assist in forming
The aFteFial blood.
The Innes are TWO bags connected with the
open air by the wIndPPe which branches into
innumerable small tubes, all over the inside Of
the lungs, each terminating in minute air cell
The outer surface OF these AR cells is full Of
small capilIlrirs, infinitely small veins, thin
membrane only dividing the air from the
blood.
The impure,portan ftIp blood is car5onic
IL, .f- aFtt- air
than ior blood, passes through this membrane
to a gaseous state, combines with the air III the
air cells, and is expelled with the next respira-
ton. Meantime the oxygen Of The air uniies
with the blood and becomes purified then pas
sing inlo the heart being mixed with chyie, 1t
is forced through the body iife-giying and
areTia! blood.
The skin serves an important purpose IN car
rying oil impurities OF the system. II is ira
versed with cariiaiies ofthe tody. It Is a So
perforated with countless perspiraion tubes, the
united length Of which amounts to tweniy-eight
miles, and which drains away from three 10
lcur pounds Of waste matter every twenly-iour
hours, or fve-righths Of all The body dlschaF-
ges.
The nerves are another curious feature Of the
animal economy. They are however but little
understood. They act fpeIers TO tell the
wants Of the body, and also as conductors to
; viii the muscles 10 act. They branch out from,
the brain and spine over the whole frame in
infinitely fine flores like branches or twigs to
trees.
TnE ONO INTEREST Law REPEALED.-The
bill 10 repeal the ten per cent interest law has
passed both branches of the Ohio Legislature
Il leaves The rate OF six Per cent. collrctab1
at law. Parties can pay Or receive any rate
OF interest on which they can agfee bat they
must Il uSt to honor and not to the law for pay,
when ii is over six per cent. This is the rate
: presumed when none is mentioned N note OF
+ contract or on book accounts.
THE National Iateiiigeacsr says that both
the chair and desk occupied BY John Quincy
Adams, while he was member Of The House, are
in the POSSESSION OF Mrs. John Quincy Adams, o
Washington city, his daughIer-in-law.
5 The sister Of Judge Chase was returning
r home from church, and in the ac! Of epter!ns
& the house of the Governor, when she wa
e stricken down. The family beard low moar
/; at the door, and, on going out, found the lady
on the step. >he never afterwaTd spoke, ant
Il breathed her last.