236 Human Frame. 



once the sky which illuminates, and the 

 earth which supports him. Their reach 

 extends to the nearest and the most dis- 

 tant objects, and glances from the grains 

 of sand at his feet, to the star which shines 

 over his head at an immeasurable dis- 

 tance. 



'The human body consists of solid and 

 fluid parts, which in general are called 

 the solids and fluids, or humours of the 

 body. The solid parts are bones, cartil- 

 ages, ligaments, muscles, tendons, mem- 

 branes, nerves, arteries, veins, ducts, or 

 fine tubular vessels of various sorts. Of 

 these simple solids the more compound 

 organs of life consist, viz. the brain and 

 cerebellum ; the lungs, the stomach, the 

 liver, the spleen, the pancreas, the kid- 

 neys, the glands, the intestines, together 

 with the organs of sense, viz. the eyes > 

 the ears, the nose, and the tongue. 



The fluid parts of the human body are 

 chyle, blood, saliva or spittle, bile, milk, 

 lympha, the semen, the pancreatic juice ', 

 urine, phlegm, serum, and the aqueous 

 humour of the eyes. 



Anatomists have employed much pains 

 in the study of the material part of man. 



