The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1895-02-06

} in wasting diseases the number of rec
! corpuscles in the blood is diminished, an,
this fact is apparent in the color of III,
skin.
The ticking of a watch placed aeains
the teeth can be distinctly heard becaus
: the sound is conveyed through the teett
and bones of the head to those of the ear
The taste is often the last faculty to b,
impaired by old age because it is mos
needed for the protection of the indiyid
ual against the use of unwholesome food
The pupil of the eye is SO called be
cause when looking in il a very small
image of the observer may be seen. hence
the term from the Latin pupillus, or little
pupil.
Professional contortionists are more
graceful in their motions than other peo-
pie, because OF the greater fiexibility of
their limbs, caused by continual exer-
else.
| Venous blood Is blue or almost black.
because 1t contains many Impurities coll
lected from the system, and has not itself
been purified by contact with the air in
| the lungs.
People shed tears when in sorrow or
| sometimes in anger, because there is a
| rush OF blood to the head, the eyes and
temples become hot. and the tears are a
natural provision to keep the eyes cool.
The eyes are placed in cavities in the
head and are protected by ridges of bone
above and beneath so that a very strong
blow IN the face rarely does more than
confuse or blacken the surrounding
muscles. 1t the eyes were placed on the
outside of the round skull many persons
would have these valuable members
crushed by falls or blows.
Deaf people place their hands behind
their ears because the hand thus placed
acts as an ear trumpet and conveys a
larger volume of sound to the ear.
People perceive an odor because small
particles of matter are detached from the
odorous body and conveyed by the air to
the nerves of the nose.
Coughing often increases headache be-
cause in the act the hearts beating is
augmented, and the flow of the blood to
the head is thus increased.
The finger tips are composed of a
round, soft cushion, and by this means
are able to grasp and retain very small
objects. 1t they were hard or horney they
could not possibly possess this faculty.
People sniff the air to locate an odor,
because by distending the nostrils larger
quantity of air is drawn in, the nerves
are better exposed and the odor more
clearly perceived.
The term "thick headed" as applied to
stupid people, has its foundation in n
fact of nature. 1t often happens that the
brain shrinks, and as it does SO the skull
thickens.
The form of the skull may be changed.
as in the case of the fiat-headed Indians. |
without injury to the brain, because this |
body adapts itself in shape to the cavity |
it is designed to fill.
The brain is not affected by the move
ments of the body, even though these are
very violent, because il rests
on basis of soft cushions between the
bones of the spine.
The palms of the hand and soles of the
feet are composed of cushions of fat in
order that sudlcn jolts and violent blows
nay be successfully resisted and no in
ury done to the muscles and bones I'M
lerneath.
The eyes become bloodshot because.
While ordinarily the vessels of the cornea
ire too small to admit the red corpuscles of
he blood. when lnflamed they enlarge
md the red particles enter and give their
olor to the white.
People are cross-eyed or have strabis-
nus because some of the mu scles of the
yeball are too long or too short. and thus
urn the eye out of its proper position.
'ome cases of this kind are durable by a
killfull surgical operation.
New teeth sometimes appear in the jaws .
I persons of advanced age. from the fact
hat there are occasionally in the Jaw
lore teeth than there is room for them TO
evelop, and when the old drop out the
ew therefore appear.
The sens alton of great cold and of great
eat are the same, because the nerves can
onvey but one sensation, and heat is
lore dangerous, and therefore it is more
ecessary that the nerves should be able
give a warning of it.
The eyelids close involuntarily when
10 eye is threatened in order that this :
gan may be protected. If a man had TO
ink to shut his eyes when something
as thrown at them he would be too slow
save the eye from injury.