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 37
... finger you wound a large number of these capillaries , and they let out their blood . 4. The heart acts like a forcing and suction pump . It pumps out the blood through the arteries , and by suction it draws the blood back by the veins ...
... finger you wound a large number of these capillaries , and they let out their blood . 4. The heart acts like a forcing and suction pump . It pumps out the blood through the arteries , and by suction it draws the blood back by the veins ...
Page 42
... finger upon an artery . The impulse thus felt is called the pulse . You can feel the pulse wherever you can feel an artery . It is everywhere . In a young infant you can both feel and see the pulse in the open space on top of its head ...
... finger upon an artery . The impulse thus felt is called the pulse . You can feel the pulse wherever you can feel an artery . It is everywhere . In a young infant you can both feel and see the pulse in the open space on top of its head ...
Page 81
... finger of the child grows to be the large finger of the adult , all the different sets of builders do just the right amount of building . The nail - makers make just enough nail , the skin - makers enough skin , the bone - makers enough ...
... finger of the child grows to be the large finger of the adult , all the different sets of builders do just the right amount of building . The nail - makers make just enough nail , the skin - makers enough skin , the bone - makers enough ...
Page 96
... finger too near the fire , you feel pain in it , and instantly draw it away . Now see what takes place in this case . The sensation made by the fire goes by the nerves of sen- sation to the brain , so that the mind feels it ; and then ...
... finger too near the fire , you feel pain in it , and instantly draw it away . Now see what takes place in this case . The sensation made by the fire goes by the nerves of sen- sation to the brain , so that the mind feels it ; and then ...
Page 121
... fingers have hinge - joints , except where they are joined to the hand . There they have , besides the hinge - like ... fingers . Why is this joint so carefully guarded ? made more secure ? Why was it not ? How does it differ from the ...
... fingers have hinge - joints , except where they are joined to the hand . There they have , besides the hinge - like ... fingers . Why is this joint so carefully guarded ? made more secure ? Why was it not ? How does it differ from the ...
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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...