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Title: The working man's friend, and family instructor
Year: 1850 (1850s)
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Subjects: Working class Working class writings, English
Publisher: London : John Cassell
Contributing Library: Harold B. Lee Library
Digitizing Sponsor: Brigham Young University

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d neighbourhood for his home. Let him encourage nonuisance within his home, or around it, or near it. Let him daily inspire a freeatmosphere, and then the blood, freed from its excess of carbon, and supplied withfresh oxygen from the inspired air, will bound through the system with uncheckedactivity, and give such «n elasticity to the frame as shall make the man buoyantalmost as an angel. Care should be taken that nothing be allowed to interfere with the action or treeplay of the lungs. The lungs, which are of a soft and spongy texture, and which, QQ 01°^^ ^^^^^* ^^® possibility, duty, and means of obtaining and keeping it, pp.83, 84.—We have made this extract purposely to recommend every one of our readers topurchase this admirable little volume. It is published by the London Keligious TractSociety, and may be had for a few pence. We have reason to believe that it is the pro-duction of a man of high character, and of great professional eminence. 12 THfi WORKING MANs FRIEND, with
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the heart between, fill up the whole cavity of the chest, as may be seen in the annexed cut,* are composed of an in-finite number of air cells—some &aysix hundred millions ; at each inspir-ation these cells become filled, and,as a consequence, the lungs expand.With this expansion nothing shouldbe allowed to interfere. Whateverimpedes it, either in dress or posi-tion, is prejudicial to health : stays,corsets, and tight waist-bands actmost injuriously, and, by compress-ing the chest, or preventing its fulldilation and play, give rise to con-sumption. * The muscular powerof the spine, shoulders, and waist,is sufficient of itself, if allowed itsfull scope and play, to support thefigure, and preserve it as the Creatorof all good things was pleased tofashion it. But art having intro-duced a difierent fashion of its own,the civilised female world (savagenations in this matter being morerational) have forsaken Nature for it,and prefer foreign support to nativestrength, not only at the e

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