First Book in Physiology: For the Use of Schools and Families. Intended as Introductory to the Larger Work by the Same AuthorSheldon and Company, publishers, 1872 - 191 pages |
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Page 10
... breathe into the lungs every time that we draw a breath . By being aired in this way , it is fitted to be used again , and it goes back to the heart that it may be pumped out again all over the body . 7. But the most wonderful machinery ...
... breathe into the lungs every time that we draw a breath . By being aired in this way , it is fitted to be used again , and it goes back to the heart that it may be pumped out again all over the body . 7. But the most wonderful machinery ...
Page 11
... breathing What is the most wonderful machinery in the body ? What is it like ? And how ? Describe what is done when the muscles act . How and from what does the mind receive messages ? Give what is stated in 10 about the variety of the ...
... breathing What is the most wonderful machinery in the body ? What is it like ? And how ? Describe what is done when the muscles act . How and from what does the mind receive messages ? Give what is stated in 10 about the variety of the ...
Page 12
... breathing and having the blood circulate , is to make machinery for the mind to use . 12. There is one difference between the machinery of the body and the machines constructed by man , that I have not yet mentioned . When man makes a ...
... breathing and having the blood circulate , is to make machinery for the mind to use . 12. There is one difference between the machinery of the body and the machines constructed by man , that I have not yet mentioned . When man makes a ...
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... breathing and the circulating machinery . The heart is always beating , and the chest is always heav- ing ; they never rest from their work , and they are stopped only by death . 18. In this chapter I have given you some general views ...
... breathing and the circulating machinery . The heart is always beating , and the chest is always heav- ing ; they never rest from their work , and they are stopped only by death . 18. In this chapter I have given you some general views ...
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... breathing , the lungs rub a little against the walls of the chest ; but the smooth shining serous membrane that lines them pre- vents the rubbing from doing any harm . The same thing is true of the organs in the abdomen . The rub- bing ...
... breathing , the lungs rub a little against the walls of the chest ; but the smooth shining serous membrane that lines them pre- vents the rubbing from doing any harm . The same thing is true of the organs in the abdomen . The rub- bing ...
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Page 112 - BO many 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 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 of the head are fastened together by...