Nature's revelations of character; or, physiognomy illustratedA description of the mental, moral and volitive dispositions of mankind, as manifested in the human form and countenance . he lowgrounds of that country, such dis-ease is very prevalent. Similarfacts are observed in Nevada,The Thoracic Form Small. Oregon, and Washington Territory,as well as in the mountains of California. All consumptivepatients experience relief, if they visit these heights in goodtime, before the disease has pi^ogressed too far. As elevatedregions are favourable to persons liable to pulmonary affec-tions, those ne
Nature's revelations of character; or, physiognomy illustratedA description of the mental, moral and volitive dispositions of mankind, as manifested in the human form and countenance . he lowgrounds of that country, such dis-ease is very prevalent. Similarfacts are observed in Nevada,The Thoracic Form Small. Oregon, and Washington Territory,as well as in the mountains of California. All consumptivepatients experience relief, if they visit these heights in goodtime, before the disease has pi^ogressed too far. As elevatedregions are favourable to persons liable to pulmonary affec-tions, those near the sea are quite the reverse; therefore theclimate of London, Glasgow, San , New York, andother localities situated but little above sea level, should beavoided by persons of contracted chests. We are informed by Audubon, Wilson, and other Orni-thologists, that birds wliich habitually fly high havelarger air-vessels than those which remain in lower wild pigeon, which is capable of such a rapid andextended flight, reaching in some instances as much asthree hundred miles an hour, has both lungs and heartlarge in comparison with any other birds not THE THORACIC FORM. 57 Likewise the bears of mountainous countries have lung-power very superior to that of the same cLass of animalsliving in the valleys. Even fish in mountain streamsand lakes are found to have larger air-vessels than thoseswimming in the sluggish waters of the lowlands. These facts may be thus explained. In low flat countriesthe atmosphere is denser, and a given amount of air con-tains more oxygen than it does on the hills; thereforethere is not the same necessity for filling the lungs inorder to obtain what is necessary to support life. Butwhen we ascend to higher regions, the atmosphere becomesrarer, and we are compelled to inspire more in volume,in order to get the same in weight and efficiency. Anothercause affecting the action both of lungs and heart, is, thathigher altitudes are
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