The laws of health / [David Nunes Nabarro].

  • Nabarro, David Nunes, 1874-
Date:
[1905?]
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Credit: The laws of health / [David Nunes Nabarro]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    child the skull-bones are softer, especially where they are joined together. (2) In the body proper, or trunk, we have the ‘ back- bone ’ or spine, which is made up of twenty-six bones, placed one above the other and joined together by strong ligaments. These bones can move a little on one another and allow us to bend or straighten the back. The skull is jointed on the top of the backbone so that we can move our head in almost any direction. o p g Fig. 1.—The Skull. A, b, c, D, The part of the skull enclosing the brain ; e, hole leading to drum of ear ; f, joint of lower jaw-bone ; g. h, lower and upper jaw- bones ; j, cheek-bone ; k, nose-bone ; l, socket of eye; m, incisor teeth; n, canine ; o, bicuspids ; p, molars. The upper part of the body is called the chest or thorax. In front there is the long flat breast-bone, and at the sides of the chest are twenty-four ribs, twelve on each side. The ribs are joined to the spine behind, and to the breast-bone in front. Some of the lower ribs do not quite reach the breast-bone, but hang loose. The bony cage of the chest, formed by the spine, ribs,
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