Ellis's Primary Physiology; Or, Good Health for Boys and Girls

by Edward Sylvester Ellis

SLIGHT CUTS AND WOUNDS.

All boys use jack-knives, and now and then inflict cuts upon themselves. As a rule, these do not amount to much, and only require to be washed with cold water and bound up with a clean rag; but, if a vein or artery is severed, there is great danger.

THE HEART.—(a) The Left Ventricle, (m) the Left Auricle, (b) the Right Ventricle, (n) the Right Auricle, (g, o) Veins to Heart, (k) the Pulmonary Artery, (c) the Great Aorta.