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. * * * * * [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. * * * * * 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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