Practical hydropathy, including plans of baths and remarks on diet, clothing and habits of . lf. Iendons.—These tendinous fibres are sometimes collected into a single cordcalled a tendon, which is inserted in the bone so firmly that before it can bedetached from it the bone itself would be broken.—Lardner. Muscular Force—Anatomists and physiologists have not determined withccrtaintv the mechanical change by which muscular contraction is the muscular tissue is submitted to a microscope of moderate magnifyingpower, one, for example, of five or six times the linear dimensions
Practical hydropathy, including plans of baths and remarks on diet, clothing and habits of . lf. Iendons.—These tendinous fibres are sometimes collected into a single cordcalled a tendon, which is inserted in the bone so firmly that before it can bedetached from it the bone itself would be broken.—Lardner. Muscular Force—Anatomists and physiologists have not determined withccrtaintv the mechanical change by which muscular contraction is the muscular tissue is submitted to a microscope of moderate magnifyingpower, one, for example, of five or six times the linear dimensions, each fibre isfound to consist of a number of fasciculi, each similar to the original fibre. The contractile power of the muscles which have been described can, ingeneral, only be called into action by the dictate of the will. Hence they arecalled voluntary muscles, and examples of them are presented by the muscles S8G HANDBOOK OP HYDROPATHY. which impart motion to the principal members of the body. Thus, the muscle*by which the legs or arms are moved can only be brought into play by the. Fig. 1. 1%. 2. In Fig. 1, a represents a small portion of a muscle in its natural size,cut transversely at its extremity, b represents the same objectmagnified five times in its linear dimensions, the component fibresof which it consists being rendered apparent. Fig. 2 represents apart of a muscle submitted to a much higher magnifying power,in which the structure of each separate fibre is shown as marked bya series of transverse striae. The terminal section is shown at a a, thetransverse striae at b b, and a single fibre split into its componentfibrillae at c. operation of the will. There are some muscles which arc, to a certain extent,subject to the will, but also act independently of it. The muscles which movethe chest in respiration present examples of this class. The will nas the powerof accelerating, retarding, or even of temporarily suspending the act of respira-tion; but when the
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