The Engines of the Human Body: Being the Substance of Christmas Lectures Given at the Royal Institution of Great Britain, Christmas, 1916-1917 (1920)

by Sir Arthur Keith

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Excerpt from The Engines of the Human Body: Being the Substance of Christmas Lectures Given at the Royal Institution of Great Britain, Christmas 1916-1917 I to follow the custom of medical colleges by describing the machine I had to explain in a series of fragments. I therefore introduce the reader to the human body in its entirety - as a complete, living, and moving machine. In all of these three respects, I believe, this work differs from its numerous predecessors. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at ... This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works. Read Less

Excerpt from The Engines of the Human Body: Being the Substance of Christmas Lectures Given at the Royal Institution of Great Britain, Christmas 1916-1917 I to follow the custom of medical colleges by describing the machine I had to explain in a series of fragments. I therefore introduce the reader to the human body in its entirety - as a complete, living, and moving machine. In all of these three respects, I believe, this work differs from its numerous predecessors. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds ... Read More