Hippocrates believed that the ventricles of the heart were not pumps for blood, but for air. He believed the heart was an extension of the lungs- a sort of great, muscular bellows, which fed the furnace of the body. Tonight, Alma felt as if it were true. She could feel a huge gushing and sucking of wind inside her chest. It felt as though her heart were gasping for air. As for her lungs, they seemed full of blood. She was drowning with every breath. She could not shake this sense of drowning. She felt mad. She felt like crazed little Retta Snow, who also used to sleep on this couch, when the world became too frightening. From The Signature of All Things by Elizabeth Gilbert.
Posted on: Tue, 12 Nov 2013 13:25:01 +0000
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