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Rose accepted her uncle's offer, as Aunt Myra discovered two orthree days later. Coming in for an early call, and hearing voices inthe study, she opened the door, gave a cry and shut it quickly,looking a good deal startled. The Doctor appeared in a moment,and begged to know what the matter was.
"How can you ask when that long box looks so like a coffin1 Ithought it was one, and that dreadful thing stared me in the face asI opened the door," answered Mrs. Myra, pointing to the skeletonthat hung from the chandelier cheerfully grinning at all beholders.
"This is a medical college where women are freely admitted, sowalk in, madam, and join the class if you'll do me the honour,"said the Doctor, waving her forward with his politest bow.
"Do, auntie, it's perfectly2 splendid," cried Rose's voice, and Rose'sblooming face was seen behind the ribs3 of the skeleton, smilingand nodding in the gayest possible manner.
"What are you doing, child?" demanded Aunt Myra, dropping intoa chair and staring about her.
"Oh, I'm learning bones to-day, and I like it so much. There aretwelve ribs, you know, and the two lower ones are called floatingribs, because they are not fastened to the breastbone. That's whythey go in so easily if you lace tight and squeeze the lungs andheart in the let me see, what was that big word oh, I know thoraciccavity," and Rose beamed with pride as she aired her little bit ofknowledge.
"Do you think that is a good sort of thing for her to be pokingover? She is a nervous child, and I'm afraid it will be bad for her,"said Aunt Myra, watching Rose as she counted vertebr‘, andwaggled a hip-joint in its socket4 with an inquiring expression.
"An excellent study, for she enjoys it, and I mean to teach her howto manage her nerves so that they won't be a curse to her, as manya woman's become through ignorance or want of thought. To makea mystery or terror of these things is a mistake, and I mean Roseshall understand and respect her body so well that she won't dareto trifle with it as most women do.""And she really likes it?""Very much, auntie! It's all so wonderful, and so nicely planned,you can hardly believe what you see. Just think, there are600,000,000 air cells in one pair of lungs, and 2,000 pores to asquare inch of surface; so you see what quantities of air we musthave, and what care we should take of our skin so all the littledoors will open and shut right. And brains, auntie, you've no ideahow curious they are; I haven't got to them yet, but I long to, anduncle is going to show me a manikin that you can take to pieces.
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2 perfectly | |
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n.肋骨( rib的名词复数 );(船或屋顶等的)肋拱;肋骨状的东西;(织物的)凸条花纹 | |
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11 mischief | |
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22 niche | |
n.壁龛;合适的职务(环境、位置等) | |
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v.飞奔,碰响;激怒;n.碰撞声;拨浪鼓 | |
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26 tickle | |
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31 pensively | |
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