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 109
... ends ! Why are the shafts of these bones hollow ? Why are they very hollow n birds ? What is said of the stalks of plants and the pillars of build ings ! n sexves , seeing , hearing , tasting and smelling. THE BONES 109.
... ends ! Why are the shafts of these bones hollow ? Why are they very hollow n birds ? What is said of the stalks of plants and the pillars of build ings ! n sexves , seeing , hearing , tasting and smelling. THE BONES 109.
Page 110
For the Use of Schools and Families. Intended as Introductory to the Larger Work by the Same Author Worthington Hooker. n sexves , seeing , hearing , tasting and smelling . m - 2 V --- FIG . 40 . k-. 110 FIRST BOOK IN PHYSIOLOGY .
For the Use of Schools and Families. Intended as Introductory to the Larger Work by the Same Author Worthington Hooker. n sexves , seeing , hearing , tasting and smelling . m - 2 V --- FIG . 40 . k-. 110 FIRST BOOK IN PHYSIOLOGY .
Page 168
... hearing . This apparatus is very complicated , and some of it is exceedingly delicate . Before describing it I will say something of sound , in order that you may better understand the operation of this apparatus . 2. Sound is caused by ...
... hearing . This apparatus is very complicated , and some of it is exceedingly delicate . Before describing it I will say something of sound , in order that you may better understand the operation of this apparatus . 2. Sound is caused by ...
Page 170
... hearing by the teeth and the bones , and does not go round by the air into the tube of the ear . 7. The vibration of sound passes more readily through solids than through the air . If you put your ear upon the end of a long log you can ...
... hearing by the teeth and the bones , and does not go round by the air into the tube of the ear . 7. The vibration of sound passes more readily through solids than through the air . If you put your ear upon the end of a long log you can ...
Page 172
... hearing are in the midst of the fluid in the winding passages . They feel the vibration of the fluid there , and an im- pression goes by them through the trunk of the nerve to the brain , and is received there by the mind . And this ...
... hearing are in the midst of the fluid in the winding passages . They feel the vibration of the fluid there , and an im- pression goes by them through the trunk of the nerve to the brain , and is received there by the mind . And this ...
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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...