Man, the masterpiece, or, Plain truths plainly told about boyhood, youth and manhood / by J.H. Kellogg.

  • John Harvey Kellogg
Date:
1894
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Credit: Man, the masterpiece, or, Plain truths plainly told about boyhood, youth and manhood / by J.H. Kellogg. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    PEEFACE v COLOEED PLATES 19 ■ ■ •<>• JhE ‘jVI^TERPIECE. The human body, the Creator’s masterpiece—Microscopic wonders—The beginning of life—A live sponge—Men and sponges — Two hundred bones — Cultivated de- formities—Five hundred muscles—How a muscle works —Uses of muscles—Midriff, or diaphragm—How wo speak, laugh, and sing—A live pump—The two hearts —Arteries and veins—Six quarts of blood—Some queer things in the blood—Eed blood corpuscles—White blood corpuscles—Traveling tinkers—How the blood circu- lates—The pulse—Tho portal circulation—How to take good care of tho heart—How the heart is injured— Heart disease from alcohol and tobacco—Bad blood— Tell-tale corpuscles—Two thousand feet of lungs—How a frog breathes—Drinking air—Our lungs—Use of tho lungs—Thirty feet of stomach—A live mill—The teeth —The tongue—Tho stomach—The alimentary canal— Gastric juice — Small intestines — Pancreatic juice— Pancreas—Liver—Bile—Intestinal juice—Colon, or large intestine—Five wonderful fluids—Action of tho diges- tive fluids—Digestion of a mouthful of bread—Absorp- tion— Three and one-half pounds of liver—The gall bladder — The absence of bile—How the bile digests fats—Uses of bile—Liver work—A self-sacrificing organ [vii]
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