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... limb from motion when the process of re- covery is going on , the union would be inces- santly disturbed by every heedless and unavoid- able start altering the relative position of the parts . This , also , is occasionally exemplified ...
... limb from motion when the process of re- covery is going on , the union would be inces- santly disturbed by every heedless and unavoid- able start altering the relative position of the parts . This , also , is occasionally exemplified ...
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... limbs , the strength and yet comparative lightness of the whole fabric , and , lastly , the power of reparation after injury , the word beautiful in another sense is that which really expresses the admirable perfection of the structure ...
... limbs , the strength and yet comparative lightness of the whole fabric , and , lastly , the power of reparation after injury , the word beautiful in another sense is that which really expresses the admirable perfection of the structure ...
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... limbs . The average length of the spine is twenty - eight inches . In disease of the spine its natural curves are much increased and the deformity known as humpback is produced . In the figure a - b represents the cervical vertebræ ; b ...
... limbs . The average length of the spine is twenty - eight inches . In disease of the spine its natural curves are much increased and the deformity known as humpback is produced . In the figure a - b represents the cervical vertebræ ; b ...
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... limbs so arranged as to act , not as instruments of progression , but of prehension ; and with the head so balanced on the top of the spine that the face and eyes look directly to the front . This erect position is in a great measure ...
... limbs so arranged as to act , not as instruments of progression , but of prehension ; and with the head so balanced on the top of the spine that the face and eyes look directly to the front . This erect position is in a great measure ...
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... limb so that the weight falls more and more upon the advanced leg , which at the same time is shortened by bending the knee and ankle . The heel of the hindmost limb being then raised by the action of the muscles of the calf , the toes ...
... limb so that the weight falls more and more upon the advanced leg , which at the same time is shortened by bending the knee and ankle . The heel of the hindmost limb being then raised by the action of the muscles of the calf , the toes ...
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Page 528 - And when the child was grown, it fell on a day that he went out to his father to the reapers. And he said unto his father, My head, my head. And he said to a lad, Carry him to his mother. And when he had taken him, and brought him to his mother, he sat on her knees till noon, and then died.
Page 387 - Reason's whole pleasure, all the joys of sense, Lie in three words, health, peace, and competence But health consists with temperance alone; And peace, oh virtue ! peace is all thy own.
Page 359 - The hairs also on the skin stand erect, and the superficial muscles shiver. In connection with the disturbed action of the heart, the breathing is hurried, the salivary glands act imperfectly, the mouth becomes dry, and is often opened and shut.
Page 515 - Is any sick among you ? let him call for the elders of the church, and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord ; and the prayer of faith shall save the sick, and the Lord shall raise him up ; and if he have committed sins, they shall be forgiven him:
Page 242 - ... the world within me ! That my pains had vanished, was now a trifle in my eyes : — this negative effect was swallowed up in the immensity of those positive effects which had opened before me — in the abyss of divine enjoyment thus suddenly revealed. Here was a panacea — a ^UMO-/ nviyStt for all human woes: here was the secret of happiness, about which philosophers had disputed for so many ages...
Page 348 - Let me have men about me that are fat ; Sleek-headed men, and such as sleep o' nights. Yond' Cassius has a lean and hungry look ; He thinks too much : such men are dangerous.
Page 301 - A child, young person, or woman, shall not be allowed to work between the fixed and traversing part of any self-acting machine while the machine is in motion by the action of steam, water, or other mechanical power.
Page 356 - A blank, my lord : She never told her love, But let concealment, like a worm i' the bud, Feed on her damask cheek : she pined in thought ; And, with a green and yellow melancholy, She sat like patience on a monument, Smiling at grief.
Page 388 - THERE is a wisdom in this beyond the rules of physic ; a man's own observation, what he finds good of, and what he finds hurt of, is the best physic to preserve health.
Page 617 - A. B. is a lunatic [or an idiot, or a person of unsound mind], and a proper person to be taken charge of, and detained under care and treatment, and that I have formed this opinion upon the following grounds, viz : — 1.