Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1891-06-03

Some Curious Facts In Osscous structure
iitiie Dreamed OF


iitiie Dreamed or
Exhibited 90 n giss5 cnso NJ the National
muasum NJ Wellington, them e. a bono
amman uhis-iled In knot. II hns been
rendered thus flexible bysotking u in acid,
which has dlr.olvci out u IL all It's mineral
parts, leaving only the animal portion.
This portion makes about onC.thifd u The
bone, which fact might surprise some pro
pie who suppose that their bonea are oil.
mo- wholly lime.
"fhcte are funny things about bones
other than funny bones" aaid On osiool-
ogist connected with the Smithsonian Co.,.
stiiutlon. "for example, the bones n
birds nre hollow aud filed with warm nir
from the lungs. 20 Il muy bo said that
bird hrullhcs down to lts toes and 90 the
tips OF itswings. In fact. n you break III
the wing Of duck the animal can actually
breathe through the broken end. % tho
bone though yon hold IT, head under
water. Some Of the gigantic reptiles Of tho
mosuzoio epoch, which some scientists
claim 10 have been the ANCESTOR OF man.
bod hollow bones Similarly filled with air
l from tho lungs, Tor the support OF thcit
bodies In tho water while they bfoNscd
/ upon aenwccds near shore. their massive
/ aud solid hex bones serving them as
anchors in a depth about sufficient To cover
| thslr backs.
People continually Imagine that their
| bones are Of solid mlurml construction,
| without any feeling Ia them. No one who
has ever bal 70 lex or an arm cut OF u
I likely 10 ludulrc such mistaken notion.
| Comparatively speaking. lIttlc pain a. iolt
wh"u the ir,h Is belns cut through. but
] when tho lone u attacked by the saw,
oh. myl
"You sec. ~ matter o. fact, there are
blood vessels and nerves inside the bones,
Just ~ there arc outside. Any one who
has purchased a bceistqak NJ the market
knows about the marrow In tho bone. Il
j. the same with other animals thsn tho
b.ef, including human buinaA Through
tho marrow run the nerves and blood VS..
scla. entering the bones from Tho flesh
-ithout by little holes, which you eau sco
for yourself my time by examining a
skeleton or part of one. When tho dis.
ease called rheumatism. which no physi'
clan understands, affects the nerves within
the bones no way has been discovered Tot
truatlng n succrssinlly. u does noi do "
smile when n pcuYon says that he feels d
thing 10 his bnucs.
mature adapts tho liony struciur. Of
various animals 30 their habits la a ycry
interesting manner. sluggish creatures
Ike The sluth have solid bones. whereas N,
boncs ~ the deer and tho antelope nrccom
pamiiyciy light, 10 that they may run last
nnd tho lcg bones 81 tho ostrich arr hollow
You will ind Ia the bones Of any skeleton
tho application II mechanical prinolplc
which have only become known 10 mat
through tho processes o. lhl'prlnus and
long considered invocation. Ia your owt
shoulder you have most beautiful au,
perfect illustration Of the ball aud aockc
Joint, while NJ your elbow thurr l. a coin
bInniion Of ;hr hingc and ball and socke
which In ~ way SURPRISES anything tha
human invention has bJon able 10 aeon,
plish thus far.
"liut thee arr simple things compare
with tho hand. the bones Of which oShibi
the most perfect aud complete apparatus
IN H. adaptation 10 tho purposes for whicl
Il l. intended. that has over bccn Imagined
How l. Il possible fuF any ono who ha
studied tho sifuetura " bis own hand :
say that thsre IA no Goif'-Washingto
, sutr.