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Title: An academic physiology and hygiene ..
Year: 1903 (1900s)
Authors: Brands, Orestes M. (from old catalog) Van Gieson, Henry C., (from old catalog) joint author
Subjects: Hygiene Physiology
Publisher: Boston, B. H. Sanborn & co
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
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y of theright hand, in most instances,is well known. It has beenargued that its properties aredue to the more direct andforcible supply of arterial bloodto the right arm ; also that itssuperiority is the result of themore frequent exercise of theright hand. The distinctionpertains, however, to the wholeright side of the body. Theleft side is not only weaker . Here is presented a back view of all in muscle, but also in vital or the bones of the hand as they arc con-constitutional properties. The necte(1 wilh thc ** liltlc booea of the 1 L wrist. ins of motion of the rightside are usually better developed than those of the left,and disease attacks the latter more frequently. Anequalized motion of thc body is seldom seen in walking ;the tread of the left foot is usually less firm, a greaterpush is made by it, and the toe is not so much turnedout as in the right. Exercise and training of the leftextremities are especially necessary to compensate for any-thing lacking in natural endowment.
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Fig. n.EXPLANATION. 30 ACADEMIC PHYSIOLOGY. CHAPTER V. THE SKELETON (concluded^). HYGIENE OF THE BONES. 1. The Lower Extremities. — The lower extremities are,like the upper extremities, long and jointed; they arecommonly known as the legs, and are united to the lowerend of the spinal column by means of the bones of thehips. 2. Each lower extremity is divided into a hip, thigh, leg,ankle, and foot; together the lower extremities containsixty-two bones, one bone entering into the formation ofeach hip, one in the thigh, three in the leg, seven in theankle, and nineteen in the foot. 3. The hip-bones are also called the innominate bones(Lat. in, not; and nomen, a name) ; each contains a deep,cup-like cavity on the external surface, into which therounded head of the thigh bone fits to form the hip-joint.The broad, bony basin formed by the hip-bones and thesacrum is called the pelvis, which supports the inter-nal organs of the lower part of the trunk, and is in turnsupported like a bridge,

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