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Title: Practical hydropathy, including plans of baths and remarks on diet, clothing and habits of life..
Year: 1864 (1860s)
Authors: Smedley, John
Subjects: Hydrotherapy Baths Hot water
Publisher: London : J. Caudwell
Contributing Library: Harold B. Lee Library
Digitizing Sponsor: Brigham Young University

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rouscoat; 2, the middle or fibrouscoat; 3, the external or cellu-lar coat.—Dr. Smith. General Ramifications of the Blood-vessels.—As has been already^observed, the arteries and veins distribute themselves in innumerable ramifica-tions from the heart, through all parts of the body. They spread throughthe muscles, amidwhose fibres theyramify; and pene-trate the verybones, whose structure is filledwith them. Wehave already given,in Fig. 314, ageneral view ofthe< manner inwhich the ar-teries ramify; andthe veins differfrom the arrange-ment there repre-sented only inthis, that while thelarger arteries aregenerally confinedto certain depthswithin the surface,veins of large sizeaamifv superficiallyftlso in immensenumbers, so as tobe rendered visiblein various parts ofthe body as bluelines seen throughthe semi-transpa-rent texture of theepidermis, or su-perficial skin. It may be herestated that theskin, properly socalled, is that co-vering having a 28.—blood-vessels of the mesentery.
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RAMIFICATIONS OF BLOOD-VESSELS. 36£ very sensible thickness, which is taken between the fingers when we pincbthe surface of the body, as, for example, the back of the hand or theneck. This consists of two distinct parts; the inner and thicker part, calledthe true skin, cutis or derma, a Greek word signifying the skin; and the super-ficial or thinner part, called the cuticle, epidermis, or covering of the skin, from aCreek word eVl (epi), signifying upon or over. The membrane thus named is The following is from Dr:Lardners beautiful work, whichshould be in every library;it is very cheap, price 10s.,with its 520 finely executed en-gravings. Fig. 1, temporal artery; 2,carotid do.; 3, aorta do.; 4,renal do. ; 5, iliac do.; 6,femoral do. ; 7, anterior tibialdo. ; 8, tarsal do.; 9, vertebraldo.; 10, subclavian do.; 11,axillary do.; 12, brachial do.;13, cceliac do. ; 14, radial do.,15, posterior tibial do- ; 16;peroneal do. General View of the Ar-terial System. — From theupper part of the

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