The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1867-11-12
CONCERNING NAN

hshes the following interesting and ia.
structys digost of tao human organiza.
tion:
Wonders Of homo by familiarity cease
TO excite astonishment, but thence it
happens that many know but little about
the "house We live in"-the human
body We look upon a man as we look
upon house from tho outside, just as a
whole or unit never thinking 5. tAe
many rooms the curious passages, aud
the ingenious internal arrangements Of
the house, or o. tho wonderful structure
Of the man; the harmony and adapta-
ton Of all his parts
| Ia the human skeleton about the time
Of maturity are about 165 bones.
The muscles are about 500 in num-
Der.
The length Of tho alimontary canal is
about 80 feet,
The amount of blood in an adult il
near 30 pounds, or full one-fith Of the
entire weight
The heart is six inches in length and
four inches in diameter, and beats 10
times per minute, 4,200 times per hour,
1oO,sO0 times per day, IS, ,762, ,o6o times
per year, 2,565, 10000 in three-score
and ten, and at each beat two and half
ounces ofblood are thrown out ofit, one
hundred and seventy-fvo ounces per
minute, six hundred and fifty-six pounds
per hour, seven and three-fourths tons
per day. All tho blood in the body
passes through the heart every three
minutes, This little organ by its cease
less industry,
In the allotted span,
The Psalmist gave TO man,
lifts the enormous weight OF 800, 700, 200
tons.
The lungs viii contain about one gal
Ion of air at their usual degree Of inha-
ton We breathe on an average 200
times per hour, inhale 600 gallons Of air,
or IA, 400 per day. The aggregate sur
surface Of the air-cells Of the lungs OK
ceeds 10000 square inches, an area
very nearly equal to the floor Of room
twelve feet square.
The average weight Of the brain of
the adult male is three pounds and
eight ounces. Ths nerves are all con-
nected with ii, directly or through the
spinal marrow. These nerves togeth-
er with their branches and minute
ramifcations, probably exceed 10000,
900 in number, forming "body-guard
outnumbering by far the mightiest
army ever marshaledl
The skin is composed Of three layers
and varies from one-fourth to one-eighi
Of an inch in thickness. It's average
area in an adult is estimated to be 2,00G
square inches. The atmospheric pres
sure being about IA pounds to the
square inch, person of medium size
is subjected to pressure Of 10000
poundsl Pretty tight hug.
Each square inch Of skin contains B
500 sweating tubes, or perspiratory
pores, each Of which may be hkencd te
little drain-tile one-fourth Of an incl
long, making an aggregate length oyel
the entire surface of the body OF 20l
1G6 feet, or atile ditch for draining thu
body almost forty miles long.
Man is made marvelously. Who il
eager to investigate the curious, to wit
ness the wonderful works of 0mni ten
Wisdom, let him not wander tho worlt
round to seek them, bat examine him
! self. The proper study ofman is man.
LYMd IN BED. It is often n question
among people who are acquainted witt
the anatomy and physiology Of men
whether lying with head exalted o.
erect with the body is wholesome. =
Most, consulting their own ease on thi
, point, argue in favor Of that which the,
prefer Now, although many deligh
In bolstering up their heads at night
, and sleep soundly without injury, ye
we declare it TO be dangerous habit
The vessels in which the blood passe
: from the heart to the head are lessene'
in their cavities when the head is rest
ing in bed higher than the body; there
fore, in all diseases attended with feye
4, the head should be pretty nearly on th
level with the body; and people ough
to aceustom themselves 10 sleep TINS
; and avoid danger
: AFosD FGTHEa's ADVICE no HIs Sog.--
| AS you make your bed, my son, 70 yoi
must lie in it; but il You stuff it full Q
I, hslla vnt, tauet aann fud Il very hart