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 67
... foot is considered very desirable in a female . The foot is , therefore , put under pressure while it is growing , just as the chest often is among us . And it is astonishing how small and into what a shape it can be made to grow . In ...
... foot is considered very desirable in a female . The foot is , therefore , put under pressure while it is growing , just as the chest often is among us . And it is astonishing how small and into what a shape it can be made to grow . In ...
Page 127
... foot is the same as that stated in regard to the hand in § 31 . The springiness thus given to the foot is quite im- portant in guarding against shocks . You can realize this if in jumping you come down on your heels , in- stead of ...
... foot is the same as that stated in regard to the hand in § 31 . The springiness thus given to the foot is quite im- portant in guarding against shocks . You can realize this if in jumping you come down on your heels , in- stead of ...
Page 133
... foot , F. This muscle does here with the weight of the body what the muscles of your arms do to the load in a wheelbarrow when you raise it by the handles . 8. In Fig . 55 are represented two of the principal muscles of the arm , 4 and ...
... foot , F. This muscle does here with the weight of the body what the muscles of your arms do to the load in a wheelbarrow when you raise it by the handles . 8. In Fig . 55 are represented two of the principal muscles of the arm , 4 and ...
Page 145
... foot has received the singular name of massa carnea Jacobi Sylvii - that is , the fleshy mass of James Sylvius , the anatomist who first pointed out this arrangement . 25. We have many examples of tendons working with a pulley ...
... foot has received the singular name of massa carnea Jacobi Sylvii - that is , the fleshy mass of James Sylvius , the anatomist who first pointed out this arrangement . 25. We have many examples of tendons working with a pulley ...
Page 189
... foot that work the bellows - to the muscles of the arm and hand and fingers in playing on the keys - to the muscles of the eyes in moving them to look at the notes - to the muscles of the vocal ligaments in making the different notes ...
... foot that work the bellows - to the muscles of the arm and hand and fingers in playing on the keys - to the muscles of the eyes in moving them to look at the notes - to the muscles of the vocal ligaments in making the different notes ...
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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...