. The Ontario public school hygiene . Figure 45.—Soldanella leaves, stem, and flower. 118 PUBLIC SCHOOL HYGIENE the Alps. In the spring, before the ice and snow havemelted, the plant starts to grow. In its growth heat isproduced, and this heat is sufficient to melt the icewhich covers the plant. As growth proceeds and thestem grows upward, the heat generated by the growingplant melts a path straight upward through the iceuntil the plant reaches the air. During all this timethe thick leaves which grew close to the ground theprevious summer are giving up their stores of food. Asa consequence the
. The Ontario public school hygiene . Figure 45.—Soldanella leaves, stem, and flower. 118 PUBLIC SCHOOL HYGIENE the Alps. In the spring, before the ice and snow havemelted, the plant starts to grow. In its growth heat isproduced, and this heat is sufficient to melt the icewhich covers the plant. As growth proceeds and thestem grows upward, the heat generated by the growingplant melts a path straight upward through the iceuntil the plant reaches the air. During all this timethe thick leaves which grew close to the ground theprevious summer are giving up their stores of food. Asa consequence they shrink in size until they are mereskeletons of what they were at first. Do we too store starch and oil} Yes. Lyingimmediately under the skin of all well fed people, andwell fed animals, you find a layer of fat, and fat also isstored around the kidneys. Another substance, animalstarch, is stored in the liver and in the muscles Now this storing of fat and starch in the human bodyis a very vital matter. The animal starch, or glycoge
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