The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-09-23
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Wonders of
Human Life


blood is a wonderfully elaborate and MI
croscopicaIly minute system Of irrigation
and drainage.
% The blood supplies new material to all
parts of the body and bears back TO the
lungs the worn out matter.
% The warm fluid is often spoken of as
the flame Of life"
90 TendoHs, cords and sfnews. knit
the marbles" or bony framework
strongly together as with thongs
QW The frame work Of the body is
linked with the guiding reins" of tbs
mind by those trembling chains Of the
nerve tubes or nerve fbers.
np All the tissues Of The body arc
formed primarily of cells" Cells, open
ing, form rings, and these rings unite
in certain cases to form nerve fibers.
Hence these nerve f1bers may well be de-
scribed as myriad rings in trembling
chains,
az The threaded zone, or hollow of
each nerve fiber contains fluid sub
stance like that found in the brain
qs) The seeming white light is made
up of seven primary colors: Red, orange,
yellow, green, indigo and violet.
90 The ball of the eye through
which the humors the rays of light /
pass to the retina. The eye is poefi-
cally termed 1.-The window of the soul
The wonders of the eye, like all other .
organs of the body, are many.
d5l The air, whose vibrations in the
chambers of the ear give the sensation
which we ca ''sOund.
G6) ..Cyoven sphere"-the two hernis-
pheres of the brain; the seat of "al!
thought 1t is in the brain that We
think and will and reason. 1t is a
delicate organ and is lodged in the skull, i
which is the safest and strongest room 4
in the house we live in
~ That receives impressions through /
the nerves of feeling, or 'sensory
nerves.
ds) That sends forth its commands
through the motor" nerves, or nerves
of notion The nerves Of feeling AMI
the nerves of motion are, as far as
known, the same in structure and COM /
position, but the offices which they per-
form are entirely different. No one
knows how the mind receives impress
sion through one set. and sends out mes
sages and causes motion through another.
When the finger has Sbaen directed To
touch a certain key of the piano and by
chances touches the sharp point of a PIN
the nerves of feeling send informant ton
to the brain, and the nerves of motion
Immediately send a command to remove
the finger from the place of danger
I'D The nerve cells forming the gray
substance Of tFe lis The .b.ain is
made up of millions of cells, arranged
in ridges or eonvoutions in quantity suf-
ficient. if flatteDed out to fiji many score
square feet
c2Oo Glossy threads the nerve threads
or nerve fibers-
Oliver Wendell Holmes the son OF a doc
tor, was kern at Cambridge. Mass,
Aug. 49, 1865. He graduated from HAIR
ward and sth3ied law, but soon direct
ed his attention to medicine, 5pesd-
ing several years in European hospit- /
ais. In 1883 he became professor OF
anatomy and physiology in Harvard 4
college, and early assumed a COM
manding rank in his profession HIS 4
wit and writer. All his literary work 4
is OF rare originality and excellence.
He was also most faScina tag and II
instructive lecturer, and was widely
admired for his genial social quail 4
ties. The first collection of his poems
appeared in 1886. Between 1856 and 1850 4
his Breakfast Table books appeared. Il
This brilliant series of works gave hfgsi .
much fame. His poems and short
lyrics are not surpassed by any IT. the 4
language, while his various medical
addresses papers and pamphlets Ere
of the highest merit The poem ore
scented herewith. "A Living Temple Il
is sample of his constructive genius: