Human anatomy simplified; in 3 lects1854 |
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... skin ; or , —to borrow a figure from his own profession - an analysis of a Discourse without arguments or illustrations . Those of his readers who heard the substance of the follow- ing Lectures delivered , will perceive that several ...
... skin ; or , —to borrow a figure from his own profession - an analysis of a Discourse without arguments or illustrations . Those of his readers who heard the substance of the follow- ing Lectures delivered , will perceive that several ...
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... Skin . The Muscles . The Cartilages . The Fat . The Nails and Hair ..... LECTURE II . The PAGE The Brain and Spinal Marrow . The Heart , with its Arteries and Veins . The Lungs , Windpipe , and Epiglottis . The Stomach and Gastric Juice ...
... Skin . The Muscles . The Cartilages . The Fat . The Nails and Hair ..... LECTURE II . The PAGE The Brain and Spinal Marrow . The Heart , with its Arteries and Veins . The Lungs , Windpipe , and Epiglottis . The Stomach and Gastric Juice ...
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... skin on the back of the hand , and in the very powerful specimen at the heel , called the " tendon of Achilles . " " The muscles are those parts by which the head and limbs are moved , and by which locomotion generally is effected . In ...
... skin on the back of the hand , and in the very powerful specimen at the heel , called the " tendon of Achilles . " " The muscles are those parts by which the head and limbs are moved , and by which locomotion generally is effected . In ...
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... SKIN . This , to give a general definition , is the natural covering of animal bodies . It consists of three layers or coverings . First , the EPIDERMIS , cuticle , or scarf - skin , is the outermost of the three layers . A blister on ...
... SKIN . This , to give a general definition , is the natural covering of animal bodies . It consists of three layers or coverings . First , the EPIDERMIS , cuticle , or scarf - skin , is the outermost of the three layers . A blister on ...
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... skin , called the CORIUM , is the true skin , of which , in inferior animals , leather is made ; and which , when boiled in water , is converted into glue . This skin seems to be composed almost entirely of blood - vessels and nerves ...
... skin , called the CORIUM , is the true skin , of which , in inferior animals , leather is made ; and which , when boiled in water , is converted into glue . This skin seems to be composed almost entirely of blood - vessels and nerves ...
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action ANATOMY animals appear arteries beautiful becomes blood bones brain breathe called cause close colour connected consists contains continually contrivance conveyed course Creator crystalline lens digestion disease divided excite feeling fingers fluid gives glands hair hand hard head heart human body human frame important injury joints kind Lectures light Live liver lower lungs matter means membrane mind motion mouth move muscles named natural nerves nose object once organ pain pass perform person portion position preservation prevent produce proper pupil quantity resembles rest retina ribs round secretion sense separate serves shape side skin skull smelling soft sometimes sound speaking stomach strong structure substance surface taste tears teeth termed thin things tion tongue touch tube upper various vessels whole
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Page 1 - My substance, was not hid from thee, when I was made in secret, and curiously wrought in the lowest parts of the earth. Thine eyes, did see my substance, yet being imperfect ; and, in thy book, all my members, were written, which, in continuance, were fashioned, when, as yet, there was none of them.
Page 55 - How precious also are thy thoughts unto me, O God ! How great is the sum of them ! If I should count them, they are more in number than the sand. When I awake, I am still with thee.
Page 33 - Contrivance proves design ; and the predominant tendency of the contrivance indicates the disposition of the designer. The world abounds with contrivances ; and all the contrivances which we are acquainted with, are directed to beneficial purposes. Evil, no doubt, exists ; but is never, that we can perceive, the object of contrivance.
Page 39 - And fades the grass away. 3 Our life contains a thousand springs, And dies if one be gone : Strange ! that a harp of thousand strings Should keep in tune so long.
Page 33 - If he had wished our misery, he might have made sure of his purpose, by forming our senses to be so many sores and pains to us...
Page 33 - No anatomist ever discovered a system of organization calculated to produce pain and disease; or, in explaining the parts of the human body, ever said, this is to irritate; this to inflame...
Page 28 - Hunter's pithy remark is quoted, "some physiologists will have it, that the stomach is a mill, others, that it is a fermenting vat, others, again, that it is a stew-pan; but, in my view of the matter, it is neither a mill, a fermenting vat nor a stew-pan ; but a stomach, gentlemen, a stomach.
Page 39 - What rivers of tears have flown, excited by the cruel and perverse ways of man ! War has spread its carnage and desolation, and the eyes of widows and orphans have been suffused with tears ! Intemperance has blighted the homes of millions, and weeping and wailing have been incessant ! A thousand other evils which we may conquer, have given birth to tears enough to constirnte a flood — a great tide of grief.
Page 1 - I will praise thee; for I am fearfully and wonderfully made : marvellous are thy works; and that my soul knoweth right well.
Page 55 - ... the heart, placed in the centre, is the focus where the blood collects, or the acting power by means of which it circulates and is preserved : the lungs, by means of another power draw in the external air and expel hurtful vapours : the stomach and intestines are the magazines where every thing that is required for the daily supply is prepared: the brain, that seat of the soul, is formed in a manner suitable to the dignity of its inhabitant: the senses, which are the soul's ministers, warn it...