A Treatise on Physiology and Hygiene

CHAPTER I.

THE FRAMEWORK OF THE BODY.

_The Bones--Their Form and Composition--The Properties of Bone--The Skeleton--The Joints--The Spinal Column--The Growth of Bone--The Repair of Bone._

[Sidenote: 1. The framework of the body? The superstructure? Softness and delicacy of the organs? How protected?]

1. THE BONES.--The framework which sustains the human body is com...