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much feeling in them ; and when the surgeon 

 amputates or saws off a limb, the sawing of 

 the bone does not cause much pain, till he 

 comes to the marrow. 



VESSELS IN BONES. There are also many 

 blood-vessels and nerves running about in small 

 holes in the bones ; and wherever there are 

 nerves, there is life. But if this does not show 

 that there is life in the bones, there is another 

 thing which I think will satisfy you of the fact. 



In some diseases of -the bones, they are as 

 sore and painful as the flesh can be. Could 

 you make a piece of dry wood, or even a dry 

 bone, sore or painful ? Certainly not. Then 

 must there not be life in the bones of the living 

 person ? 



We are now prepared, I think, to proceed 

 with our studies on the frame-work of the 

 house. 



