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Practical Work in the School Room Series. Part I
OBJECT LESSONS ON THE HUMAN BODY
A Transcript of Lessons Given in the Primary Department of School No. 49, New York City
Pupils' Edition
New York: Parker P. Simmons, Successor to A. Lovell & Company
This book has been prepared to help you in learning about "the house you live in," and to teach you to take care of it, and keep it from being destroyed by two of its greatest enemies,--Alcohol and Nicotine.
Be wise: gain all the knowledge you can concerning everything worth knowing, and use it for the good of yourself and other people.
"KNOWLEDGE IS POWER."
FORMULA FOR INTRODUCTORY LESSONS.
QUESTIONS FOR THE FORMULA.
THE NOSE AND THE MOUTH.
Do not use your mouth as a box or a pin-cushion; the pin, or whatever yon have put into it, may slip into your throat and cause your death.
QUESTIONS ON THE INTRODUCTORY LESSONS.
Of what is the body built?--"Of bones."
What covers the bones?--"Flesh."
What covers the flesh?--"Skin."
What flows through the body?--"Blood."
Where does the blood flow from?--"The heart."
When does the blood flow from the heart?--"Every time the heart beats."
Show with your hand how the heart beats.
When does the heart beat?--"All the time."
What happens when the heart stops beating?--"We die."
What do you see on the back of your hand, beneath the skin?--"Veins"
What is in the veins?--"Bad blood."
What are the veins?--"Pipes for the bad blood to pass through."
Where do the veins carry the bad blood?--"To the heart."
Where does the heart send the bad blood?--"To the lungs."
What happens to the bad blood when in the lungs?--"It is made pure."
What makes the bad blood pure?--"The air."
How does the air get into the lungs?--"Through my nose, mouth, and windpipe."
What is breathing?--"Letting the air into and out of my lungs, through my nose, mouth, and windpipe."
When do you breathe?--"All the time."
What do you breathe?--"Air."
What do you breaths through?--"My nose, mouth, and windpipe."
Where do you get the air?--"Everywhere."
Where do the lungs send the pure blood?--"To the heart."
Where does the heart send the pure blood?--"All through the body."
How does the heart send the pure blood through the body?--"Through pipes called arteries."
What kind of blood passes through the arteries?--"Pure blood."
What kind of blood passes through the veins?--"Impure blood."
What carries the pure blood through the body?--"The arteries."
What carries the impure blood through the body?--"The veins."
What makes blood?--"Food and drink."
What is food?--"Anything good to eat."
What is drink?--"Anything good to drink."
Name some kinds of wholesome food.--"Meat, potatoes, oranges, apples, etc."
Name some kinds of wholesome drink.--"Water, milk, lemonade, etc."
What do you mean by wholesome food?--"Food that will make good blood."
What do you mean by wholesome drink?--"Drink that will make good blood."
What does the blood make?--"Bones, flesh, skin, hair, nails, and cartilage."
What use is the blood to the body?--"It makes the body grow, and keeps it alive."
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