Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 83William Blackwood, 1858 - England |
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... body is often compared with a steam - engine , of which the food is the fuel in the furnace , fur- nishing the motor power . As an illustration , this may be acceptable enough , but , like many other illustra- tions , it is often ...
... body is often compared with a steam - engine , of which the food is the fuel in the furnace , fur- nishing the motor power . As an illustration , this may be acceptable enough , but , like many other illustra- tions , it is often ...
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... body is in many re- spects so different from that of animals , especially in its complexity , that we can draw no very accurate conclusion from their powers of en- during abstinence ; but after all , the differences will only be ...
... body is in many re- spects so different from that of animals , especially in its complexity , that we can draw no very accurate conclusion from their powers of en- during abstinence ; but after all , the differences will only be ...
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... body to be reduced to a minimum by the perfect quiescence in which the patients remained , we must still bear in mind that this diminution is not total arrest of waste . The patient scarcely moves , seldom speaks , and sleeps much ...
... body to be reduced to a minimum by the perfect quiescence in which the patients remained , we must still bear in mind that this diminution is not total arrest of waste . The patient scarcely moves , seldom speaks , and sleeps much ...
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... body . Every time she moved in bed , every time she spoke , every time she raised her hand , the rate of waste would ... body seems centred there , in feverish brightness ; the pupil is dilated , and the eye is fixed in a wild stare ...
... body . Every time she moved in bed , every time she spoke , every time she raised her hand , the rate of waste would ... body seems centred there , in feverish brightness ; the pupil is dilated , and the eye is fixed in a wild stare ...
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... body , since I have said I die of starvation . 66 Sept. 17. - What a night I have passed ! It has rained ; I am wet through . I have been so cold . Sept. 18. - The cold and rain forced me to get up and walk ; my walk was very feeble ...
... body , since I have said I die of starvation . 66 Sept. 17. - What a night I have passed ! It has rained ; I am wet through . I have been so cold . Sept. 18. - The cold and rain forced me to get up and walk ; my walk was very feeble ...
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