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Object Lessons on the Human Body - A Transcript of Lessons Given in the Primary Department of School No. 49, New York City by Sarah F. Buckelew;Margaret W. Lewis
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In what other way does drinking these liquors hurt the skin?--"It gives the
skin too much work to do."

How does it give it too much work to do?--"It makes more waste substance to
pass from it through the pores, in the form of perspiration."

In what other way does drinking alcoholic liquors hurt the skin?--"It makes
it a bad color."

How does it make the skin a bad color?--"It stretches the little
blood-vessels of the skin, and makes them too full of blood." See Appendix.

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[Illustration: THE HEART.]

A, the right ventricle; B, the left ventricle; C, the right auricle D, the
left auricle; E, the aorta; F, the pulmonary artery.

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PART VIII.

FORMULA FOR THE LESSON ON THE HEART AND THE CIRCULATION OF THE BLOOD.

1. My heart is shaped like a cone, and placed in my chest near my
breastbone, with its apex pointing downward to my left side. It beats about
seventy times a minute, sending out about two ounces of blood at every
beat.

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