Chapter 7

THE DIAPHRAGM.

Investigation--A Struggle With Nature--Lesson of Cause and Effect--Something of Medical Etiquette--The Medical Doctor--An Explorer for Truth Must Be Independent--The Diaphragm Introduced--A Useful Study--Combatting Effect--Is Least Understood--A Case of Bilious Fever--A Demand on the Nerves--Danger of Compression--A Cause for Disease--Was a Mistake Made in the Creation--An Exploration--Result of Removal of Diaphragm--Sustaining Life in Principles--Law Applicable to Other Organs--Power of Diaphragm--Omentum. Page 114