...opening." " Well then, papa, if the arteries resemble the water-pipes at London, I think the veins may be compared to a river, which at first collects the waters...the muscles, or they creep along grooves made for them in the bones. The under side of the ribs is sloped and furrowed, to allow these important tubes...

...two ; there is another still more strikingly illustrative of the care of the Great Artificer. As a wound in the arteries, through which the blood passes...force from the heart, would be more dangerous than a wound in the veins, the arteries are defended, not only by their stronger texture, but by their more...

...two ; there is another still more strikingly illustrative of the care of the Great Artificer. As a wound in the arteries, through which the blood passes...force from the heart, would be more dangerous than a wound in the veins, the arteries are defended, not only by their stronger texture, but by their more...