On the decline of life in health and diseaseJ. Churchill, 1853 - 300 pages |
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... blood firmly sustained Dr. Carpenter gives the following table of the frequency of the pulse at different periods : - Foetus in utero At birth . First year Second year Third year Seventh year Puberty Manhood 140 to 150 130-140 115-130 ...
... blood firmly sustained Dr. Carpenter gives the following table of the frequency of the pulse at different periods : - Foetus in utero At birth . First year Second year Third year Seventh year Puberty Manhood 140 to 150 130-140 115-130 ...
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... blood than in mature life , less carbonic acid is given off , and less oxygen received ; for as the system has to be built up , not changed in its structure , the lacteal vessels are very active , whilst those absorbent vessels which ...
... blood than in mature life , less carbonic acid is given off , and less oxygen received ; for as the system has to be built up , not changed in its structure , the lacteal vessels are very active , whilst those absorbent vessels which ...
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... blood , and be carried by that fluid to every part of the body , to be subjected to the wonderful process of the chemistry of life . The sanguiferous system , which thus receives its supplies from the nutritive , must act in perfect ...
... blood , and be carried by that fluid to every part of the body , to be subjected to the wonderful process of the chemistry of life . The sanguiferous system , which thus receives its supplies from the nutritive , must act in perfect ...
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... blood ; the right auricle receives from the whole body , the dark venous blood , laden with the matters collected in its course by the capillary branches of the veins , or poured into the larger trunks by the lacteal and lymphatic ...
... blood ; the right auricle receives from the whole body , the dark venous blood , laden with the matters collected in its course by the capillary branches of the veins , or poured into the larger trunks by the lacteal and lymphatic ...
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... blood at all times , gestation and lactation would be imperfectly performed , or the constitution of the parent would suffer most seriously by these processes . Did the unimpregnated female not menstruate , a dangerous plethoric ...
... blood at all times , gestation and lactation would be imperfectly performed , or the constitution of the parent would suffer most seriously by these processes . Did the unimpregnated female not menstruate , a dangerous plethoric ...
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Page 29 - The stars shall fade away, the sun himself Grow dim with age, and Nature sink in years, But thou shalt flourish in immortal youth, Unhurt amidst the war of elements, The wreck of matter, and the crush of worlds.
Page 125 - As man, perhaps, the moment of his breath Receives the lurking principle of death; The young disease, that must subdue at length, Grows with his growth, and strengthens with his strength; So, cast and mingled with his very frame.
Page 299 - All the publications of Mr. Churchill are prepared with so much taste and neatness, that it is superfluous to speak of them in terms of commendation.