CONTENTS. xiii 



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Treatment of Fainting. Broken Bones. Sunstroke. Treatment of 

 the Drowned. Swimming. Suffocation in Wells. Bites of Cats, 

 Dogs, etc. Wounds from Thorns, Rusty Nails, etc. Snake Bites. 

 Poisons and their Antidotes. Poison Ivy. The Sick-room. Qual- 

 ities of the Nurse. Care of the Sick. 



CHAPTER XXIV. 

 THE SKELETON 330 



Axial Skeleton. Appendicular Skeleton. Uses of the Bones. Study 

 of a Vertebra. Table' of the Bones. The Spinal Column. Articu- 

 lations of a Vertebra. The Cervical Vertebras. Atlas and Axis. 

 The Thoracic Vertebras. The Lumbar Vertebras. The Sacrum and 

 the Coccyx. Flexibility of the Spinal Column. Curves of the Spinal 

 Column. Cavities of the Skeleton. Pronation and Supination. 

 Weight of the Bones. Microscopic Structure of Bone. Classifica- 

 tion of Joints. Sprains and Dislocations. 



CHAPTER XXV. 



THE MUSCLES 341 



The Number of Muscles. The Arrangement of Muscles. Forms of 

 Muscles. Names of Muscles. Peculiar Muscles. Heart Muscle. 

 Three kinds of Muscular Fiber Compared. Each Fiber a Cell. 

 Muscles of Expression. Muscles and Fat. Convulsions. Rigor 

 Mortis. Some Prominent Muscles. Sculpture and Anatomy. 



APPENDIX 347 



Antidotes. Disinfectants. Vital Statistics. 



GLOSSARY 360 



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 INDEX ....................... 371 



