Physiology for young ladies1843 - 120 էջ |
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Արդյունքներ 22–ի 1-ից 5-ը:
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... hand some medicine , which she was going to administer , by the doctor's advice , to the same sick person . " Aunt Ellen , " said Grace , " what did Dr. Dee mean by saying that people in general were so igno- B rant of Physiology ? I ...
... hand some medicine , which she was going to administer , by the doctor's advice , to the same sick person . " Aunt Ellen , " said Grace , " what did Dr. Dee mean by saying that people in general were so igno- B rant of Physiology ? I ...
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... hand laid on . " " " Tis that which makes exercise a sport , and walking abroad the enjoyment of liberty . " " Tis that which makes fertile , and increases the natural endowments of your mind , and preserves them long from decay ...
... hand laid on . " " " Tis that which makes exercise a sport , and walking abroad the enjoyment of liberty . " " Tis that which makes fertile , and increases the natural endowments of your mind , and preserves them long from decay ...
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... hands are furnished with a very thick cuticle , and you know we can touch very hard and sharp bodies with our hands , without any sensation of pain . The soles of the feet are also furnished with a thick cuticle , for the same reason ...
... hands are furnished with a very thick cuticle , and you know we can touch very hard and sharp bodies with our hands , without any sensation of pain . The soles of the feet are also furnished with a thick cuticle , for the same reason ...
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... hands blistered at first by holding my bow , and my fingers with pressing against the arrow ; but now they are quite tough - or , to use the proper expression , the cuticle has become so thick , that it defends my skin from any pain or ...
... hands blistered at first by holding my bow , and my fingers with pressing against the arrow ; but now they are quite tough - or , to use the proper expression , the cuticle has become so thick , that it defends my skin from any pain or ...
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... hands have less feeling . MRS . F. Yes , when the blood vessels and nerves of the skin are shrunk up by cold , they become nearly useless , and the internal organs are tasked to perform the skin's office ; they , consequently , like a ...
... hands have less feeling . MRS . F. Yes , when the blood vessels and nerves of the skin are shrunk up by cold , they become nearly useless , and the internal organs are tasked to perform the skin's office ; they , consequently , like a ...
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Էջ 71 - Lo, this only have I found, that God hath made man upright; but they have sought out many inventions.
Էջ 28 - Ah! what avail the largest gifts of Heaven, When drooping health and spirits go amiss ? How tasteless then whatever can be given? Health is the vital principle of bliss, And exercise, of health.
Էջ 138 - Thine own wickedness shall correct thee, and thy backslidings shall reprove thee: know therefore and see that it is an evil thing and bitter, that thou hast forsaken the Lord thy God, and that my fear is not in thee, saith the Lord God of Hosts.
Էջ 42 - Unclogg'd the body, unobscured the mind : The morning rises gay, with pleasing stealth, The temperate evening falls serene and kind. In health the wiser brutes true gladness find. See how the younglings frisk along the meads, As May...
Էջ 26 - Female dress errs in one important particular, even when unexceptionable in material and quantity. From the tightness with which it is made to fit on the upper part of the body, not only is the insensible perspiration injudiciously and hurtfully confined, but that free play between the dress and the skin, which is so beneficial in gently stimulating the latter by friction at every movement of the body, is altogether prevented...
Էջ 77 - Accordingly, no fact in medicine is better established than that which proves the hereditary transmission from parents to children of a constitutional liability to pulmonary disease, and especially to consumption; yet no condition is less attended to in forming matrimonial engagements. The children of scrofulous and consumptive parents are generally precocious, and their minds being early matured, they engage early in the business of life, and often enter the married state before their bodily frame...
Էջ 86 - George was the first that entered; and, the place being crammed full with offenders, the atmosphere soon became pestilentially close. The poor boy in vain shrieked that he was about to be suffocated. At last, in despair, he bit the lad next to him violently in the hand. 'Crabbe is dying — Crabbe is dying...
Էջ 5 - Tis beauty truly blent, whose red and white Nature's own sweet and cunning hand laid on...
Էջ 120 - He had valuable gifts, perfected by two years' academic, four years' collegiate, and three years' theological studies. He preached, gave much promise, and then died of a stomach disease. He contracted it when a student. He did not alternate bodily with mental labour, or he had lived and been a blessing to the church. When he entered on his studies, he was growing into full size and strength. He sat down till his muscles dwindled, his digestion became disordered, his chest contracted, his lungs_ congested,...