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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... look- ing at the body as a whole , you look at any particular part of it . Look , for example , at the hand , and com- What is said of machines made by man ? How does the machinery of the body differ from these pare it with the most ...
... look- ing at the body as a whole , you look at any particular part of it . Look , for example , at the hand , and com- What is said of machines made by man ? How does the machinery of the body differ from these pare it with the most ...
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... look in this chapter at some of the various things or structures that make up the machinery of the body . By doing this , these subjects will be more clear to you . For , as I shall mention different parts of the body , as I proceed ...
... look in this chapter at some of the various things or structures that make up the machinery of the body . By doing this , these subjects will be more clear to you . For , as I shall mention different parts of the body , as I proceed ...
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... look at a piece of meat from any animal . If you pull the fibres of the meat a little apart , you will see a delicate white substance between them . You will also see different portions of the meat sepa- rated from each other by ...
... look at a piece of meat from any animal . If you pull the fibres of the meat a little apart , you will see a delicate white substance between them . You will also see different portions of the meat sepa- rated from each other by ...
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... look at the different parts of the pro- cess more particularly . 3. First , the food is cut and ground up by the teeth . The teeth , in order to be fitted for this work , From what is the blood made ? Is digestion one simple process ...
... look at the different parts of the pro- cess more particularly . 3. First , the food is cut and ground up by the teeth . The teeth , in order to be fitted for this work , From what is the blood made ? Is digestion one simple process ...
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... , when it dilates ? How are the fibres of the heart arranged ? Give the comparison made in §10 be tween the action of these fibres and the action of the bellows . 11. Let us look now at some things in which 40 FIRST BOOK IN PHYSIOLOGY .
... , when it dilates ? How are the fibres of the heart arranged ? Give the comparison made in §10 be tween the action of these fibres and the action of the bellows . 11. Let us look now at some things in which 40 FIRST BOOK IN PHYSIOLOGY .
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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...