Identifier: eclecticguidetoh00brow Title: The eclectic guide to health; or, Physiology and hygiene .. Year: 1887 (1880s) Authors: [Brown, Eli F.] [from old catalog] Subjects: Physiology Hygiene Publisher: Cincinnati, New York, Van Antwerp, Bragg & co Contributing Library: The Library of Congress Digitizing Sponsor: The Library of Congress View Book Page: Book Viewer About This Book: Catalog Entry View All Images: All Images From Book Click here to view book online to see this illustration in context in a browseable online version of this book. Text Appearing Before Image: ermine much about the diseased condition of theheart by the character of the sounds. 5. Rapidity of Heart-beat.—The causes that produce more rapidbeating are exercise, warmth, rich food, stimulating drinks, andexcitement. In fever the heart beats rapidly. As a person growsfeeble from any cause, the beating usually grows more rapid, butless powerful. When awake, the pulse is considerably faster thanwhile asleep, and, in standing, it is more rapid than while lyingquietly. 6. Portal Circulation.—The blood that returns from the ali-mentary canal passes through the liver before reaching the heart.This is called the portal circulation. The veins from the stomachand intestines lead into one large vein (the portal vein) that entersthe liver. This vein divides, to form the capillaries of the liver.Having passed through the liver, the blood flows into the largevein that empties in the heart. The changes that occur in theblood as it passes through the liver are not fully known. The Plate IE. Text Appearing After Image: ORGANS OF CIRCULATION. CIRCULATION. 89 bile is secreted from the blood, and the amount of sugar in theblood is increased by the circulation through the liver. 7. Absorption.—In recent years, there have occurred many casesof remarkable fasting, in which persons have lived without solidfood for forty days or more. Such persons drank water to maintainthe fluidity of the blood, while they lost in weight at the rate of apound (more or less) per day by the absorption of their fat andother tissues. Such persons ate themselves during the time of theirfasting. 8. Headache.—If too much blood flows to the brain, dizzinessand headache may result therefrom. If headache results fromsuch a cause, moderate exercise of the muscles will tend to relieveit, by causing less blood to flow to the brain. If headache resultsfrom impurity of the blood, exercise will in like manner tend torelieve it. Suggestive Questions. What are the great purposes of the circulation of the blood?What is the blood of a tre Note About Images Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original work.
Identifier: eclecticguidetoh00brow Title: The eclectic guide to health; or, Physiology and hygiene .. Year: 1887 (1880s) Authors: [Brown, Eli F.] [from old catalog] Subjects: Physiology Hygiene Publisher: Cincinnati, New York, Van Antwerp, Bragg & co Contributing Library: The Library of Congress Digitizing Sponsor: The Library of Congress View Book Page: Book Viewer About This Book: Catalog Entry View All Images: All Images From Book Click here to view book online to see this illustration in context in a browseable online version of this book. Text Appearing Before Image: ermine much about the diseased condition of theheart by the character of the sounds. 5. Rapidity of Heart-beat.—The causes that produce more rapidbeating are exercise, warmth, rich food, stimulating drinks, andexcitement. In fever the heart beats rapidly. As a person growsfeeble from any cause, the beating usually grows more rapid, butless powerful. When awake, the pulse is considerably faster thanwhile asleep, and, in standing, it is more rapid than while lyingquietly. 6. Portal Circulation.—The blood that returns from the ali-mentary canal passes through the liver before reaching the heart.This is called the portal circulation. The veins from the stomachand intestines lead into one large vein (the portal vein) that entersthe liver. This vein divides, to form the capillaries of the liver.Having passed through the liver, the blood flows into the largevein that empties in the heart. The changes that occur in theblood as it passes through the liver are not fully known. The Plate IE. Text Appearing After Image: ORGANS OF CIRCULATION. CIRCULATION. 89 bile is secreted from the blood, and the amount of sugar in theblood is increased by the circulation through the liver. 7. Absorption.—In recent years, there have occurred many casesof remarkable fasting, in which persons have lived without solidfood for forty days or more. Such persons drank water to maintainthe fluidity of the blood, while they lost in weight at the rate of apound (more or less) per day by the absorption of their fat andother tissues. Such persons ate themselves during the time of theirfasting. 8. Headache.—If too much blood flows to the brain, dizzinessand headache may result therefrom. If headache results fromsuch a cause, moderate exercise of the muscles will tend to relieveit, by causing less blood to flow to the brain. If headache resultsfrom impurity of the blood, exercise will in like manner tend torelieve it. Suggestive Questions. What are the great purposes of the circulation of the blood?What is the blood of a tre Note About Images Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original work.
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