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... BONES · CHAPTER VIII . CHAPTER IX . THE MUSCLES CHAPTER X. THE EYE CHAPTER XI . THE EAR CHAPTER XII . CONNECTION OF THE MIND AND BODY 74 94 • 107 • 180 158 • 168 180 VINNOJIVO FIRST BOOK IN PHYSIOLOGY . CHAPTER I. THE MACHINERY.
... BONES · CHAPTER VIII . CHAPTER IX . THE MUSCLES CHAPTER X. THE EYE CHAPTER XI . THE EAR CHAPTER XII . CONNECTION OF THE MIND AND BODY 74 94 • 107 • 180 158 • 168 180 VINNOJIVO FIRST BOOK IN PHYSIOLOGY . CHAPTER I. THE MACHINERY.
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... bones , and the organs of the senses . 11. You see that some of the machinery of the body is for the purpose of making other machinery . This is the business of the machinery of the digestion , the circulation , and the respiration ...
... bones , and the organs of the senses . 11. You see that some of the machinery of the body is for the purpose of making other machinery . This is the business of the machinery of the digestion , the circulation , and the respiration ...
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... these parts at the beginning . What parts of the machinery of the body never rest ? 2. Notice first , the hard bones which are the 14 FIRST BOOK IN PHYSIOLOGY . CHAPTER II THE DIFFERENT STRUCTURES OF THE BODY DIGESTION.
... these parts at the beginning . What parts of the machinery of the body never rest ? 2. Notice first , the hard bones which are the 14 FIRST BOOK IN PHYSIOLOGY . CHAPTER II THE DIFFERENT STRUCTURES OF THE BODY DIGESTION.
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... bones near a slaughter - house , which have been a long time exposed to the air , you see only the mineral part of ... bones , and of their size ? Of what two parts is bone composed ? separate from the other part ? by itself ? How can ...
... bones near a slaughter - house , which have been a long time exposed to the air , you see only the mineral part of ... bones , and of their size ? Of what two parts is bone composed ? separate from the other part ? by itself ? How can ...
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... bone be one of the long ones . Fig . 1 represents a thigh - bone thus tied , after being deprived of its mineral part . 5. In the child , when the bones are growing , they do not have as much of the mineral part as the bones of old ...
... bone be one of the long ones . Fig . 1 represents a thigh - bone thus tied , after being deprived of its mineral part . 5. In the child , when the bones are growing , they do not have as much of the mineral part as the bones of old ...
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Page 112 - This is one reason also why it is made up of so 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...
Page 169 - It is often produced by the vibration of the air. This is the case in whistling. In the flute it is the vibration of the air in the instrument that produces the sound. And so of other similar instruments. 3. When the vibrations are equal, the sound is a musical one. But when they are irregular, the sound is a noise, that is, a confused sound. 4. Sound passes through the air by vibrations. It may be said to pass by waves in all directions, just as waves go in all directions on the surface of water...
Page 54 - ... supply of impure air afforded by the Yoga exercises, we should aim at a large supply of pure air. How is this to be secured ? The air we breathe goes down into the lungs, which are full of small air cells, somewhat like a sponge. As a sponge is much larger when its cells are filled with water than when dry, so the lungs swell out when their cells are filled with air. How many little air cells are there in the lungs ? About sixty lakhs ! The air after staying a little time in the air cells, goes...