The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1867-11-14
, Concerning Man.

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The N, x Christian Lnteligencer, pub.
fishes the following interesting and in,
structiye digest of the human organize
ton: o. astfs3 3egnI goY sk#rr,.f ver
Wonders at home by familiarity cease
to excite astonishment: hut thence 1T
happens thatmany, know but little about
the 'house we live inss5-7tae human. l body
We look upon man as we look upon
house from the outside, just as a whole
or unit, never, thinking of the many
rooms, the curious passages, and the IN
genious internal arrangements of the
man; the harmony and adaptation OF all /
In the human skeleton about tie time
of maturity. are l65 bones. s-,-.,.s
The muscles are about 800 in, number
The length of the alimcptary canal is
about 80 feet. c-s+-; Ia. ia.
The amount of blood in an adnlts is
near 80 pounds, or. full one fifth OF the
entire weight. i-'s a. nav ""
The heart is six inches in length and
four inches in diameter, and beats 20
times per minute, 1920 times per hour
100, 500 per day, .3e,772, 900 times)Per
year, 2, 1868, 440, 600 in three score and
ten,a ana at each beat twoand a. bali
ounces Of blood are thrown out nof. it,,
one hundret and sseventySfive ounces
per minute, six hundred ind fifty sig
pounds per hour, seven and shree-fourths
tons tons per day All the blood 10 the body
passes through the heart every thres
minutes. This little organby itsUeeaae-
less industry, 1t ! hna .sniw 10 seaIg
In the allotted span .sid bua d3faea
mid ssid The Psalmist gAye to man, do ada
lifts the ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS of 360, Joe, 200
tons.aP o. seu9xs gs q8 ebam oaa noo2
The Ian GO willscon.ain about one gal
Ion of air at their sual degree of finfa-
ton. We breathe on an average LOO
times per hour, inhale 600 gallons of
air, or 14,5O0 gallons per day. The ag-
gregate surface Of the air cells Of. the
lungs exceeds. 20, 900 square inches. an
area1veryl nearly equal to the floor Of
room twelve feet square, soaessf--.a...e,
1'si Thesaverage weight of the brain OF
the adult male is three pounds and eight
ounces; of "a female, two pounds and
four gu noes, The nerves are connected
with it directly or through the spinal
| marrow. These nerves, together with
their branches and minute qualifications,
probably exceed 10000. 900 in number,
forming ..body guard . out mum bering
by far the mishties: army ever marshal
b edassia SIS tr7sa<roa ssoET 5.5 asv
The skin is composed Of three layers,
and varies from one-sixteenth to one
eighth of an inch in thickness. Its av,
erage area in an adult is estimated to be
r q, 0o0osquare inches. The atmospheric
pressure being about IA pounds to, the
I square inch, a person of medium size is
subjectedato pressure of 40, 900 pounds
Pretty tight hug-1so57as 5aJ yI*ogs-
Each square inch Of skin contains
5000 sweating tubes or, perspiratorI
pores, each ofwhich may be likened e
a, little drain tile, one fourth of an incl
4 long, making an aggregate length owe
WIG eastc At'ee " eAc uy'y - Ao'
feet, or tile ditch for, draining th,
body almost forty miles long! -.
b. Man is made maryellously. Who i
} eager to investigate the curious, to wit
4 ness the wonderful works OF, Omnipres
? emit Wisdom, let him not wander the wild
81 world round to seek them, but examin
himself. 1.-The proper study Of mankin
is man. e
go .gggad L1s. asw .xLaad ~ 81
Horace Greeley went lpeacefdly q
sleep on the stage Of the Cooper Inst
tute, the other evening, While Arnold .
, Illinois, was telling stories aboiit tPresi