I Am John's Heart by- J. D. Ratcliff
Introduction to the Author J. D. Ratcliff was born in 1903 and died in 1973. His full name was John Drury Ratcliff. He was the another of six books and more than seven hundred articles on science and medicine. Introduction to the lesson In this article the author is describing the structure and function of the heart, The author makes the human heart speak out its own story. The heart itself suggests the precautions for keeping the heart working well for long time. No one could say I'm a beauty. I weigh 340 grams, am red-brown in colour, and have an unimpressive shape. I am John's dedicated slave-his heart. I hang by ligaments in the centre of his chest. I am about 15 cm long and, at my wildest point, 10 cm across-more pear-shaped than Valentine. Whatever you may have heard about me from poets, I am not a very romantic character. I am just a hard-working four-chambered pumb-actually t...