 | William Andrus Alcott - Anatomy - 1839 - 276 pages
...something. Then the substance we swallow and the motion of swallowing, press it down and close it tightly. And it is well that it is so ; for if it were not, the substances which we swallow would often drop into the passage to which this trap door opens, and cause... | |
 | English literature - 1843 - 592 pages
...universal passion. All superior minds have continual longings and pantings after something higher ; and it is well that it is so, for — if it were not for these aspirations — the sensual part of man would drag him down from his intellectual eminence,... | |
 | Lydia Folger Fowler - Phrenology - 1848 - 354 pages
...in the mastication of your food, and thus injures your health. There are hundreds of young men who would give all the money they possess, if they could...different pursuits that they would forget to eat, and would not take as much food as their nature required ; but it is equally an evil for us to eat all... | |
 | Lydia Folger Fowler - Mind and body - 1854 - 326 pages
...faculty? 6. What caution is given to children, and why? What are the effects of its perversion? What is a very common remark among those who have formed these...different pursuits that they would forget to eat, and would not take as much food as their nature required ; but it is equally an evil for us to cat all... | |
 | John Sibree - 1854 - 76 pages
...the substance, and the motion caused by this operation, press it down, and close it perfectly tight ; and it is well that it is so; for if it were not, the food would often drop into the passage to which this .trap-door opens, and create convulsive coughing,... | |
 | Worthington Hooker - Physiology - 1857 - 204 pages
...the child than in the adult, because, besides being less brittle, they are less tightly put together. It is well that it is so ; for if it were not, the skull would often be fractured, in the frequent falls which the child has. 9. The bones on the top... | |
 | Worthington Hooker - Physiology - 1859 - 468 pages
...occasions no suffering. When, however, a bone becomes inflamed, severe pain is one of the symptoms. And it is well that it is so ; for if it were not, disease might go on to produce disastrous results in a part so covered up by others, without any warning... | |
 | Worthington Hooker - Physiology - 1865 - 198 pages
...the child than in the adult, because, besides being less brittle, they are less tightly put together. It is well that it is so ; for if it were not, the skull would often be fractured, in the frequent falls which the child has. 9. The bones on the top... | |
 | House - Physiology - 1869 - 210 pages
...the substance, and the motion caused by this operation press it down, and close it perfectly tight; and it is well that it is so; for if it were not, the food would often drop into the passage to which this trap-door opens, and create great inconvenience,... | |
 | Worthington Hooker - 1872 - 202 pages
...the child than in the adult, because, besides being less brittle, they are less tightly put together. It is well that it is so ; for if it were not, the skull would often be fractured, in the frequent falls which the child has. 9. The bones on the top... | |
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... different bones, instead of being one solid, tight box. If a blow be received on the head, these bones give a little upon each other, as it is expressed, and so they are not often broken. They give more in the child than in the adult, because, besides... 
