internal body

Introduction The word “stroke”—literally a striking down—has frightening overtones for most people. overview of strokes as neurological disorders, a stroke can be very serious, even fatal, but it can also be quite mild. A “little stroke” does not necessarily shorten a person’s life and may impair their faculties only temporarily. It should never be looked […]

Heart is Courageous DON’T worry too much about your heart, as so many healthy people seem to be doing nowadays; rejoice, rather, that nature has placed in your breast one of her most delicate yet durable marvels, an organ of surpassing patience, flexibility and strength. Rejoice, and try to understand how it works. It will

Brain and memory, the human nervous system brain, spinal cord and nerves contains what is substantially a wet-cell electric battery, generating a direct current of about a tenth of a volt roughly one-twentieth as much as a torch battery. The electric charge is created by two body chemicals, sodium and potassium, operating on nerve tissues

Repelling the Unseen Invaders RUTH AND EDWARD BEECHER “NOT sickness but health,” a famous doctor once remarked, “is the greatest of medical mysteries.” Your own good health is an example. Every day your body is assailed by millions of germs, many of which can produce illness or even death. Yet you stay well. Countless bacteria

The Evolution of Eyes Ages ago, when the earth had cooled and life had begun to appear in its tepid waters, one of the first things that developed was eyes. Even the amoeba, the lowliest of all known animals, of which countless millions exist today precisely as they were when life originated on this planet,

How Bonding with Your Unborn Baby? This small, squirming object is a new-born baby. One of the thousands born daily, he resembles every other new-born. Yet he deserves attention, for there never has been and never will be another baby exactly like him. He is a brand-new person, different from either of his parents and

How to Keep Your Body Cool? Refrigeration engineers are justly proud of the efficient air conditioning units they have developed. But more amazing still are the cooling units which nature has built into our bodies, units so efficient that a man can survive in a 240° Fahrenheit oven that would cook a steak placed beside

BRUCE BLIVEN What is the physical basis of high intelligence? Here are seven important facts, some revealed by recent re- search, which can help you to use your brain more efficiently: 1. There is no such thing as “brain fag.” Laymen often speak of “mental fatigue” or “brain fag,” thinking that long, concentrated mental effort

Secrets of the Human Cell As you sit quietly reading these lines, a whirl of activity is taking place in your body. Every second, unseen, unnoticed, millions of new cells are born in the body’s ceaseless programme of self- renewal. Secrets of the Human Cell Since they are the “bricks” from which all living matter