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Excerpt from Essentials of Osteopathy: Nerve Centers and Landmarks
Assuming that the student has become thoroughly acquainted with the anatomy of the human body, as must be the case if he desires to be a thorough osteopath, I shall not go into detail, but give in the most simple and plainest manner possible the subject matter of this lesson.
To make it plain let us consider the central nerv ous system, or the brain and spinal cord, as the dynamo which generates the power, whatever it may be, that runs this most wonderful of all machines, the human body. Now this - dynamo is made up of cells which for a simile you may liken to the cells of the honeycomb filled with honey. Between these tiny cells is the stroma or honeycomb made up of fibrous tissue which surrounds the cell and then forks off into long strings or fibers. The nerve force is generated in the honey or protoplasm contained in these cells and is carried out to the muscles, skin and internal organs, etc., by the prolongations or strings of honeycomb. In fact, the nerve fibers.
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