The hydropathic family physician - a ready prescriber and hygienic adviser with reference to the nature, causes, prevention, and treatment of diseases, accidents, and casualties of every kind (1854) (14583738977)

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Title: The hydropathic family physician : a ready prescriber and hygienic adviser with reference to the nature, causes, prevention, and treatment of diseases, accidents, and casualties of every kind
Year: 1854 (1850s)
Authors: Shew, Joel, 1816-1855
Subjects: Hydrotherapy
Publisher: New York : Fowler and Wells
Contributing Library: U.S. National Library of Medicine
Digitizing Sponsor: U.S. National Library of Medicine

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VTBW OF FRONT SKELETON. A, the clavicle, or collar-bone. B, sternum, or breast-bone. C, the cervical vertebi*, orthose of the neck, seven in number. D, the live false ribs. £, the lumbar vertebrae of theloins. F, the scapula, or shoulder-blade. O, the humerus, or arm-bone. H, radius, I, theulna. K, sacrum, or sacral bone. L, innominatum, or nameless bone. N, femur, or thigh-bone. O, patella, or knee-pan, P, and Q, tibia and fibula, or bones of the leg. Of the Bones, Muscles, etc. 493 nerves and blood-vessels, by which they are continually nourished.They are covered by a fine membrane called the periosteum, exceptthose parts that are inclosed by cartilage, as at the joints. The crownsof the teeth also have no periosteum, but are protected by a hard Fig. 71.
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VIEW OF BACK SKELETON. A. clavicle, or collar-bone. C, cervical vertebrae. D, the dorsal. E, the lumbar. F, the■cupula. 6, the humerus. II and I, bones of fore-arm, or radius and ulna. K, sacrum.L, Jeuno. M, jchium. N, femur. O, patella. F, tibia, or large bone of the leg. Q, fibula, 494 Of the Bones, Muscles, etc. enamel. The periosteum, when healthy, possesses little sensibility,when diseased it may become very sensitive and painful. Bones are said to be cylindrical, as in the arms; flat, as in theshoulder blades; and irregular, as the pelvic bones, ribs, skull, etc. Everywhere in the living bodywe can trace the evidences of design.Thus we find that all the large bones, such as those of the arms and Fig. 73.

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