How to keep well : a text-book of health for use in the lower grades of schools with special reference to the effects of alcholic drinks, tobacco and other narcotics on the bodily life . es the trunk a two-story house, — the abdomen down-stairs, and the heart and lungs in the chamber. Above the diaphragm — that is, in the chamber, orchest [thorax] — are the heartand the two lungs. Below the diaphragm —thatis, down-stairs, or in the abdomen— are the stomach, the liver, thepancreas, the spleen, the intes-tines, and the kidneys. Theselast-named organs lie behind theintestines, and you cannot seet
How to keep well : a text-book of health for use in the lower grades of schools with special reference to the effects of alcholic drinks, tobacco and other narcotics on the bodily life . es the trunk a two-story house, — the abdomen down-stairs, and the heart and lungs in the chamber. Above the diaphragm — that is, in the chamber, orchest [thorax] — are the heartand the two lungs. Below the diaphragm —thatis, down-stairs, or in the abdomen— are the stomach, the liver, thepancreas, the spleen, the intes-tines, and the kidneys. Theselast-named organs lie behind theintestines, and you cannot seethem in the picture (Fig. 2). You can see neither thewhole of the stomach nor itsexact shape. The same is trueof the liver, the spleen, and thepancreas; for these are behindthe stomach, next to the back-bone. But you can see thepositions in which most of themlie beside each other, and youshould study the two pictures(Figs. 1 and 2) till you can remember their arrangement. 7. Why the Care of our Health is a Duty. — We ought to keep ourselves in good health as far as we are able, that we may do well the duties of life, and be useful to others instead of being a burden to. Fig. 1. — Side View, showing the Diaphragm separating the Chest and Abdomen. INTRODUCTION them. Few people can be happy or very useful ifthey are not well. Every one has some work to doin the world : no one is made to be idle. Some haveto work with their hands, others with their heads; but
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