Human and comparative anatomy, physiology, and hygiene / by Eunice P. Cutter.

  • Cutter, Eunice P. (Eunice Powers), 1819-1893.
Date:
1855
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Credit: Human and comparative anatomy, physiology, and hygiene / by Eunice P. Cutter. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    2. Take another bone and put it into a weak solution of chloric acid, and in a few days the salts of lime will be removed, and the cartilage that remains can be knotted or twisted at pleasure. Q. Give the experiments in reference to the composition of bones. What do these experiments show ? Fig. 81 Fi<r. 82. Fig. 81. The position assumed when the seat is of proper height and th;j feet supported. Fig. 82. The position a child naturally assumes when the seat is so high that the feet are not supported. 262. In early life the cartilage, or soft parts of the bone, exists in great quantity. In old age, the salts of lime are most abundant. In children, the bones are therefore more easily bent or distorted than in old age, while in old age they are easily broken. Q. At what period of life is gelatin most abundant I Why do