Object Lessons on the Human Body: A Transcript of Lessons Given in the Primary Department of School No. 49, New York City — John Shaqi
Object Lessons on the Human Body: A Transcript of Lessons Given in the Primary Department of School No. 49, New York CityBuckelew, Sarah F. (Sarah Frances)
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Object Lessons on the Human Body: A Transcript of Lessons Given in the Primary Department of School No. 49, New York City
Buckelew, Sarah F. (Sarah Frances)
Hygiene -- Popular works; Physiology; Physiology -- Popular works
8. It will not circulate freely,
if I wear tight clothing,
if I do not exercise in work or play,
if I do not keep my body warm.
9. It will be impure,
if I breathe bad air,
if I eat unwholesome food,
if I drink alcoholic liquors,
if I snuff, smoke, or chew tobacco.
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QUESTIONS FOR THE FORMULA.
1. Tell about the heart and where it is placed.
2. Tell about the blood and of what it is made.
3. Where does the good blood pass after it is sent out from the heart?
4. Tell what the blood does as it flows through the body.
5. What is this flowing of the blood to and from the heart called?
6. How often does it happen?
7. What is necessary if you would have pure blood?
8. When will the blood not circulate freely?
9. When will the blood be impure?
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HOW TO TREAT A WOUND.
If it is only a flesh-wound or slight cut, wash it with cold water and
bandage it with a clean, white rag. The edges of a deep cut should be drawn
together and held in place by narrow strips of adhesive plaster, fastened
across the wound from side to side.
If the cut is very deep, and the blood flows very freely, send for a
doctor. While you wait for him, knot a handkerchief, or suspender, or
towel, in the middle, and twist it very tightly _over the cut artery, above
the wound_. If a vein has been severed, twist the knotted handkerchief
_below the wound_. If the blood continues to flow, tie a bandage both above
and below the hurt part.
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QUESTIONS ON THE HEART AND THE CIRCULATION OF THE BLOOD.
Of what shape is your heart?--"My heart is shaped like a cone."
Where is it placed?--"In the chest, pointing toward my left side."
What bone is it near?--"It is near my breastbone."
Of what use is the heart?--"It contains the blood and sends it to the
different parts of the body."
How much blood is sent from the heart at each beat?--"About two ounces."
What is the blood?--"A liquid made from food and drink."
Of what color is the blood?--"Bright red, when pure; dark red, when
impure."
How does the heart send the blood through the body?--"Through pipes called
arteries."
What do the arteries resemble in the way they are arranged?--"The branches
of a tree."
What makes the blood impure?--"As the blood flows, it gives nourishment to
every part of the body; this makes it poor. It also takes up the old
worn-out particles; this makes it impure."
Where do the arteries carry the impure blood?--"To the veins."
Where do the veins carry the impure blood?--"To the heart."
Where does the heart carry the impure blood?--"To the lungs."
What happens to the impure blood in the lungs?--"It is made pure."
What makes it pure?--"Pure air."
Where do the lungs send the blood after it is made pure?--"Back to the
heart."
Where does the heart send the pure blood?--"Throughout the body."
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