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T is scarcely necessary, for the purpose for which this chapter is written, to give anything like an anatomical and physiological description of the human body. We must, however, assume, that since there is no beauty without health, so, also, that without a good general knowledge of the conditions under which health may be preserved, there will always be a vast amount of sickness and deformity in the community. This, then, we may take for