 | William Andrus Alcott - Anatomy - 1839 - 276 pages
...Then the substance we swallow and the motion of swallowing, press it down and close it tightly. And it is well that it is so ; for if it were not, the substances which we swallow would often drop into the passage to which this trap door opens, and cause... | |
 | English literature - 1843 - 592 pages
...universal passion. All superior minds have continual longings and pantings after something higher ; and it is well that it is so, for — if it were not for these aspirations — the sensual part of man would drag him down from his intellectual eminence,... | |
 | Lydia Folger Fowler - Phrenology - 1848 - 338 pages
...cold water ; the drink which nature has provided for us. 8. It is pleasant for us to enjoy food, and it is well that it is so ; for if it were not the case, many would become so much absorbed in their different pursuits that they would forget to eat,... | |
 | Lydia Folger Fowler - Phrenology - 1848 - 354 pages
...cold water ; the drink which nature has provided for us. 8. It is pleasant for us to enjoy food, and it is well that it is so ; for if it were not the case, many would become so much absorbed in their different pursuits that they would forget to eat,... | |
 | John Sibree - 1854 - 76 pages
...substance, and the motion caused by this operation, press it down, and close it perfectly tight ; and it is well that it is so; for if it were not, the food would often drop into the passage to which this .trap-door opens, and create convulsive coughing,... | |
 | Lydia Folger Fowler - Mind and body - 1854 - 326 pages
...cold water ; the drink which nature has provided for us. 8. It is pleasant for us to enjoy food, and it is well that it is so ; for if it were not the case, many would become so much absorbed in their different pursuits that they would forget to eat,... | |
 | Worthington Hooker - Physiology - 1857 - 204 pages
...easily as it would if it were of some other • shape. This is one reason also why it is made up of BO many different bones, instead of being one solid,...which shoot by each other, as you see in Fig. 42. Here & is the suture across the top of the head between the two parietal bones : aa is that between the... | |
 | Worthington Hooker - Physiology - 1859 - 468 pages
...occasions no suffering. When, however, a bone becomes inflamed, severe pain is one of the symptoms. And it is well that it is so ; for if it were not, disease might go on to produce disastrous results in a part so covered up by others, without any warning... | |
 | Worthington Hooker - Physiology - 1865 - 198 pages
...bead? Huw many of them belong to the cranium I Describe these as seen in Fig. 41 parietal bone, 5, aud the temporal bone, or bone of the temples, c. There...which shoot by each other, as you see in Fig. 42. Here 5 is the suture across the top of the head between the two parietaU bones : aa is that between the... | |
 | House - Physiology - 1869 - 210 pages
...substance, and the motion caused by this operation press it down, and close it perfectly tight; and it is well that it is so; for if it were not, the food would often drop into the passage to which this trap-door opens, and create great inconvenience,... | |
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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,... 
