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...believing that war is inevitable anyway are the surest means of getting us involved in European and Asiatic difficulties. The only way to stay at peace in time of crisis is for every American to believe it is possible for his country to stay at peace. . . . Nalum Z. Medulla...
...greatest living woman scientist and one of the foremost scientists of all time; the National Academy of Sciences making her its first woman member; Pictorial Review giving her $5,000 for "achievement." Her importance lies with her studies in anatomy and pathology. She has made an atlas of the medulla and midbrain. She has delved to the origin and processes of the lymphatic system, the physiology of blood vessels, the origin of blood cells. Lately her work has been what she calls "an intensive study of the blood as related to the whole pathology of tuberculosis." She expects to find...
Muscles involved in sneezing get their nervous orders from the sneezing centre in the medulla oblongata, all important part of the central nervous system between the brain and spine. The sneezing centre in turn is roused by stimuli along the trigeminus nerve which carries sensations of touch, pain and temperature from the skin of the face, the adjoining parts of the scalp, the mucous membrane lining of nose & throat and from the teeth and eyes. A sudden bright light may cause a sneeze, as may a strong odor. Diseased teeth, sinuses, nose or throat may affect the trigeminus, arouse...
...pernicious anemia. Affection, most often tuberculosis, of the suprarenal glands, is the cause of Addison's disease. The glands are two small bodies, shaped like cocked hats and one perched at the top of each kidney. Each gland is made up of a cortex or rind and a medulla or pith. The two are inseparably united, more so than the core and pulp of an apple. Medulla and cortex have different embryonic origins. The medulla originally buds off from the same cells which provide the sympathetic nervous system. The cortex begins in the same cells whence the urogenital system...
Adrenal Glands are two small yellowish bodies, shaped like cocked hats, which fit tightly on top of each kidney. Each gland has three general parts-a coating of fibrous material, a centre (the medulla) and between the two a cortex (inner bark, as it were). The adrenals have the richest blood supply of any of the body parts. In proportion to their weight more blood pours through them in a given time than through any other organ. Their wholesome activity governs a person's entire health...