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Read Ebook: Object Lessons on the Human Body A Transcript of Lessons Given in the Primary Department of School No. 49 New York City by Buckelew Sarah F Sarah Frances Lewis Margaret W Margaret Wiseham
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What use is the blood to the body?--"It makes the body grow, and keeps it alive."
Name some kinds of poisonous drinks.--"Rum, brandy, ale, cider, etc."
What do you mean by poisonous drinks?--"Drinks which hurt or poison the body."
Why do you say that rum and the other drinks you have named are poisonous?--"Because they do harm to every part of the body."
Which part do they hurt most?--"The head or brain."
What harm do they do to the brain?--"They make it unfit to do its work."
What work does the brain do?--"Thinking."
Then what harm do rum, brandy, wine, and these other drinks do to the brain?--"They make it unfit to think."
What other poison do some people use?--"Tobacco."
When do children use tobacco?--"When they chew tobacco; when they smoke cigars or cigarettes."
How much does tobacco poison hurt children?--"More than it hurts anybody else."
In what way does it hurt children?--"It keeps children from growing fast; from being strong and healthy; and from learning as well as they ought."
How does it do all this mischief to children?--"It poisons their lungs, their heart and blood, and their brain."
FORMULA FOR THE PARTS AND JOINTS OF THE BODY:
my upper arm, my fore-arm;
and three joints:
my shoulder joint, my elbow joint, my wrist joint.
the palm of my hand, the back of my hand, my fingers, my thumb, my forefinger, my middle finger, my ring finger, my little finger, my knuckles, my finger joints, my nails, the tips of my fingers, the veins, the ball of my thumb, and the lines where the flesh is bent.
my thigh, and my lower leg;
and three joints:
my hip joint, my knee joint, my ankle joint.
my instep, my toes, the sole of my foot, the ball, the hollow, the heel, my toe joints, and my toe nails, which protect my toes.
QUESTIONS FOR THE FORMULA.
QUESTIONS ON THE LIMBS AND JOINTS OF THE BODY.
What is the trunk of your body?--"All the body but the head and limbs."
Which are your limbs?--"My two arms and my two legs."
How many limbs have you?--"Four."
How many parts has your arm?--"Two parts: my upper arm and my fore-arm."
How many parts has your leg?--"Two parts: my thigh and my lower leg."
How many joints has your arm?--"Three joints: my shoulder joint, my elbow joint, my wrist joint."
How many joints has your leg?--"Three joints: my hip joint, my knee joint, my ankle joint."
What are joints?--"Bending places."
How many kinds of joints have you?--"Two: hinge joints, and ball-and-socket joints."
What kind of a joint is the shoulder joint?--"A ball-and-socket joint."
Why do you call the shoulder joint a ball-and-socket joint?--"Because at the shoulder the arm may move in any direction."
Tell how the shoulder joint is made.--"The upper end of the bone of the upper arm is rounded and fastened in a hollow place called a socket."
Which of the joints of the arm and hand are hinge joints?--"The elbow joint, the wrist joint, the thumb joint, the finger joints."
Which of the joints of the leg and foot are hinge joints?--"The knee joint, the ankle joint, the toe joint."
Which of the joints of the leg is a ball-and-socket joint?--"The hip joint."
Where is the heel?--"At the back part of the foot."
Where is the ball of the foot?--"On the sole of the foot, behind the great toe."
Where is the hollow of the foot?--"In the middle of the sole of the foot."
Where is the sole of the foot?--"On the bottom of the foot."
Where is the instep?--"Between the ankle joint and the toes."
Where is the lower leg?--"Between the knee joint and the ankle joint."
Where is the thigh?--"Between the hip joint and the knee joint."
Where is the upper arm?--"Between the shoulder joint and the elbow joint."
Where is the fore-arm?--"Between the elbow joint and the wrist joint."
Where are the toe joints?--"Between the parts of the toes."
Where are the finger joints?--"Between the parts of the fingers."
Where is the ankle joint?--"Between the lower leg and the foot."
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