An Elementary treatise on human physiology |
Términos y frases comunes
abdominal absorbed absorption acid action aliments animal appear arise arterial blood auricle becomes bile body bones brain called canal cartilage cause cavity cerebellum cerebrum chyle chyme colour consequence considerable contained digestion dilatation diminished disease distended duct effect elasticity encephalon epiglottis examine exist experiments external extremities favourable fibres filaments fluid force functions glands glottis heart inferior influence injected lacteal larynx less lobes lungs lymph lymphatic vessels mastication medulla oblongata medulla spinalis ments motion mouth movements mucous membrane mucus muscles muscular contraction nerves nervous observed odour œsophagus organs ovum pair pass peculiar pelvis perceive pharynx phenomena phenomenon physiologists portion posterior produced properties pulmonary artery pylorus quantity remarkable respiration result secretion sensation sense sensibility skin small intestines sometimes sounds stomach substances superior supposed surface take place taste teeth thoracic duct thorax tion tongue trunk tube veins venous blood ventricle vertebral column vision voice walls
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Página 129 - When left alone, she seems very happy if she have her knitting or sewing, and will busy herself for hours ; if she have no occupation, she evidently amuses herself by imaginary dialogues, or by recalling past impressions ; she counts with her fingers, or spells out names of things which she has recently learned, in the manual alphabet of the deaf mutes.
Página 130 - ... a twining of arms, a grasping of hands and a swift telegraphing upon the tiny fingers, whose rapid evolutions convey the thoughts and feelings from the outposts of one mind to those of the other. There are questions and answers, exchanges of joy or sorrow ; there are kissings and partings, just as between little children with all their senses.
Página 72 - One particular only (though it may appear trifling) I will relate: Having often forgot which was the cat, and which the dog, he was ashamed to ask, but catching the cat (which he knew by feeling) he was observed to look at her steadfastly, and then setting her down, said, "so puss, I shall know you another time.
Página 128 - Hitherto the process had been mechanical, and the success about as great as teaching a very knowing dog a variety of tricks. The poor child had sat in mute amazement, and patiently imitated everything her teacher did; but now the truth began to flash upon her : her intellect began to work : she perceived that here was a way by which she could herself make up a sign of anything that was in her own mind, and show it to another mind...
Página 132 - Her judgment of distances and of relations of place is very accurate ; she will rise from her seat, go straight towards a door, put out her hand just at the right time, and grasp the handle with precision.
Página 130 - ... upon the human face. At this moment of painful uncertainty, the mother drew her close to her side and kissed her fondly, when at once the truth flashed upon the child, and all mistrust and anxiety disappeared from her face, as, with an expression of exceeding joy, she eagerly nestled to the bosom of her parent, and yielded herself to her fond embraces.
Página 134 - In her intellectual character it is pleasing to observe an insatiable thirst for knowledge, and a quick perception of the relations of things. In her moral character, it is beautiful to behold her continual gladness, her keen enjoyment of existence, her expansive love, her unhesitating confidence, her sympathy with suffering, her conscientiousness, truthfulness, and hopefulness.
Página 129 - She never seems to repine, but has all the buoyancy and gaiety of childhood. She is fond of fun and frolic, and when playing with the rest of the children, her shrill laugh sounds loudest of the group. " ' When left alone, she seems very happy if she...
Página 130 - ... the stranger much closer, and gave me to understand that she knew she came from Hanover ; she even endured her caresses, but would leave her with indifference at the slightest signal. The distress of the mother was now painful to...
Página 72 - ... about two months after he was couched, he discovered, at once, they represented solid bodies ; when to that time he considered them only as party-coloured planes, or surfaces diversified with variety of paint ; but even then he was no less surprised, expecting the pictures would feel like the things they represented, and was amazed when he found those parts, which by their light and shadow appeared now round and uneven, felt only flat like the rest ; and asked which was the lying sense, feeling,...