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Page 343 - ... family reading. Hooker's Natural History. By WORTHINGTON HOOKER, M. D $0.90. For the use of schools and families. Illustrated by three hundred engravings. The book includes only that which every well-informed person ought to know, and excludes all which is of interest only to those who intend to be thorough zoologists. Morse's First Book in Zoology. By ES MORSE, Ph. D $0.87. Prepared for the use of pupils who wish to gain a general knowledge concerning the common animals of the country. The examples...
Page v - A clear and intelligible account of the structures, activities and care of the human system. Great prominence is given to anatomical and physiological facts, which are necessary preliminaries to instruction in hygiene. HEALTH LESSONS. By JEROME WALKER, MD...
Page 66 - Whenever this morbid condition of the stomach occurs, with the usual accompanying symptoms of disease, there is generally a corresponding appearance of the tongue. When a healthy state of the stomach is restored, the tongue invariably becomes clean.
Page 139 - In other words, pulmonary circulation carries deoxygenated blood from the right side of the heart to the lungs, and oxygenated blood back to the left side of the heart.
Page 343 - Especial attention has been yiven to the structure of animals, and to the wonderful adaptation of this structure to their habits of life. Holder's Elementary Zoology. By CF HOLDER $1.20.
Page 66 - Drinks received are immediately absorbed, or otherwise disposed of, none remaining in the stomach ten minutes after being swallowed. Food taken in this condition of the stomach, remains undigested for twenty-four or fortyeight hours or more, increasing the derangement of the whole alimentary canal, and aggravating the general symptoms of disease...
Page 242 - Every movement of every form of matter gives rise to waves or vibrations in the air, which lies in contact with the moving substance. These atmospheric waves are received, and the impression made by them is transmitted to the brain by a special apparatus. 305. The External Ear. — The ear (Fig. 67) is usually described by anatomists as consisting of three divisions — the external ear, the middle ear, and the internal ear. The appearance of the external ear is familiar to all. It has a somewhat...
Page 65 - In febrile diathesis, or predisposition, from whatever cause — obstructed perspiration, undue excitement by stimulating liquors, overloading the stomach with food — fear, anger, or whatever depresses or disturbs the nervous system — the villous coat becomes sometimes red and dry, at other times, pale and moist, and loses its smooth and healthy appearance...
Page 63 - The fluid so discharged, is absorbed by the aliment in contact, or collects in small drops and trickles down the sides of the stomach to the more depending parts, and there mingles with the food or whatever else may be contained in the gastric cavity.