Human anatomy simplified; in 3 lects1854 |
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Side 10
... vessel touched at Raiatea , one of the South Sea Islands , whose inhabitants had recently been converted to Christianity . In conversation with Mr. Williams , these gentlemen wished par- ticularly to know whether the natives embraced ...
... vessel touched at Raiatea , one of the South Sea Islands , whose inhabitants had recently been converted to Christianity . In conversation with Mr. Williams , these gentlemen wished par- ticularly to know whether the natives embraced ...
Side 13
... vessels or nerves , and consequently neither bleeds nor feels pain when cut or abraded . This skin considerably varies in thickness : it is extremely delicate , for example , in the lips and tongue ; very thin at the finger - ends and ...
... vessels or nerves , and consequently neither bleeds nor feels pain when cut or abraded . This skin considerably varies in thickness : it is extremely delicate , for example , in the lips and tongue ; very thin at the finger - ends and ...
Side 14
... vessels and nerves . The universal and equal redness of the skin in a blushing face , is a proof of its being filled with blood . This skin is the seat of sensation and of touch , and the instrument of perspiration and absorption , the ...
... vessels and nerves . The universal and equal redness of the skin in a blushing face , is a proof of its being filled with blood . This skin is the seat of sensation and of touch , and the instrument of perspiration and absorption , the ...
Side 15
... vessels into the system , and made use of in time of need . In diseases which prevent the reception of food , the fat in the body rapidly diminishes . This is the case , too , with those animals that hybernate , or sleep during the ...
... vessels into the system , and made use of in time of need . In diseases which prevent the reception of food , the fat in the body rapidly diminishes . This is the case , too , with those animals that hybernate , or sleep during the ...
Side 16
... vessels nor nerves , and may be cut or bruised without pain . In the fingers they increase the power of apprehension , being useful in laying hold of and retaining objects . We cannot say of what use are the nails of the feet , except ...
... vessels nor nerves , and may be cut or bruised without pain . In the fingers they increase the power of apprehension , being useful in laying hold of and retaining objects . We cannot say of what use are the nails of the feet , except ...
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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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Side 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.
Side 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.
Side 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.
Side 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.
Side 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...
Side 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...
Side 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.
Side 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.
Side 1 - I will praise thee; for I am fearfully and wonderfully made : marvellous are thy works; and that my soul knoweth right well.
Side 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...