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Title: The physiology and hygiene of the house in which we live
Year: 1887 (1880s)
Authors: Hatfield, Marcus P. (Marcus Patten), 1849-1909
Subjects: Physiology Hygiene
Publisher: New York : Chautauqua Press
Contributing Library: Columbia University Libraries
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as may be seen from the annexedcut, if the lower parts of the chest are allowed a chance forfree expansion they afford ample space for breathing; but iftied down by a tight corset they have, as the Chinese say, Gods life squeezed out of them. Of the two the Chinesesmall feet are the more sensible deformity, for they inflict noserious injury upon health. Argument, anatomy, and com-mon sense combined seem powerless against Queen Elizabethsgirdle of buckram, the source of more female woes unnum-bered than the wrath of Achilles. Its the fashion to wearem, is the invariable answer to all objections urged againstcorsets, but why, if the corset, as is claimed, is worn for sup-port, is not man better entitled to it than woman ? We haveit on good authority that Adam early in his existence lost arib, and his boys may reasonably be supposed to have inner- 40 Physiology and Hygiene. ited their fathers deficiencies; although it is not true, asmany Sunday-school children are taught to believe, that
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Diagram of the Relations of the Thoracic viscera to the Walls of the Chest. (Bellamy.) I. Situation of pulmonary orifice. 2. Left auriculo-ventricular orifice. 3. Orificeof aorta. 4. Right auriculo-ventricular orifice. 5. Limit of the anterior and inferiorborder of left lung in complete expiration. 6. Ditto of right lung. 7. Limit of leftlung in inspiration. 8. Ditto of right lung in inspiration. 9. Limit of pleura.10. Ditto. 11. Superior cul-de-sac of left lung. 12. Ditto of right lung. 13. Rightauricle. 14. Right auricular appendage. 15. Left auricle. 16. Limit of diaphragmin complete expiration. 17. Ditto* ditto. 18. Ditto, ditto, in complete inspiration. men are short one rib on the side from which Eve was taken.All have twelve ribs on each side—seven attached to thebreast-bone and five free or floating ribs. These with thebackbone, breast, and collar bones make the cage especiallydesigned for protecting the lungs and vital parts within.Nature knew just how she wanted those part

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