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... heat of the blood by animal food , either fresh Heat , too , stimulates thirst , and it is or seasoned , or by stimulating drinks . important to remember that all alcoho- Nothing could be more dangerous , and lic drinks and high feeding ...
... heat of the blood by animal food , either fresh Heat , too , stimulates thirst , and it is or seasoned , or by stimulating drinks . important to remember that all alcoho- Nothing could be more dangerous , and lic drinks and high feeding ...
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... heat rays may be reflected as much and absorbed as little as possible . The material should be porous- should imprison , that is , large quanti- ties of air in its texture , and serve , therefore , as a very bad conductor of heat ...
... heat rays may be reflected as much and absorbed as little as possible . The material should be porous- should imprison , that is , large quanti- ties of air in its texture , and serve , therefore , as a very bad conductor of heat ...
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... heat in the mouth , perceptible while suck . ling . The child's food should be less- ened , and it should be furnished with an increased supply of cold water while dentition is going forward . It is highly injudicious to treat this ...
... heat in the mouth , perceptible while suck . ling . The child's food should be less- ened , and it should be furnished with an increased supply of cold water while dentition is going forward . It is highly injudicious to treat this ...
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... heating it to boil . Lay the carpet on the floor and tack it down . Provide brushes , and any quantity of coarse cotton cloths , flan- nels , and a large sponge . Take two pails of blood - warm water , put two quarts of the melted soap ...
... heating it to boil . Lay the carpet on the floor and tack it down . Provide brushes , and any quantity of coarse cotton cloths , flan- nels , and a large sponge . Take two pails of blood - warm water , put two quarts of the melted soap ...
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... heat of bed , we are likely to chill on exposing ourselves to the air . For those with an over - excited ner- vous system , whose skin is hot and fe- verish , or who have much tendency of blood to the head , as well as for those of too ...
... heat of bed , we are likely to chill on exposing ourselves to the air . For those with an over - excited ner- vous system , whose skin is hot and fe- verish , or who have much tendency of blood to the head , as well as for those of too ...
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Page 79 - But if a woman have long hair, it is a glory to her, for her hair is given her for a covering.
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Page 79 - And Absalom met the servants of David. And Absalom rode upon a mule, and the mule went under the thick boughs of a great oak, and his head caught hold of the oak, and he was taken up between the heaven and the earth ; and the mule that was under him went away.
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Page 162 - Then spread a little straw at the bottom of a boiler, on which place bottles with straw between them, until the boiler contains a sufficient quantity. Fill it up with cold water; heat the water, and as soon as it begins to boil, draw the fire, and let the whole gradually cool. When quite cold, take out the bottles and pack them in saw-dust, in hampers, and stow them in the coolest part of the house.
Page 301 - ... and that, could we draw aside the mysterious curtain which shrouds it from our senses, we might there see a theatre of as many wonders as astronomy has unfolded, a universe within the compass of a point so small, as to elude all the powers of the microscope, but where the wonder-working God finds room for the exercise of all His attributes, where He can raise another mechanism of worlds, and fill and animate them all with the evidences of His glory.