Studies in Physiology, Anatomy and Hygiene |
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acid alcohol alimentary canal amœba amount animal aorta arteries auricle bacteria becomes bile blood vessels bone bottle brain branches burning called capillaries carbohydrates carbon dioxid cartilage chemical chest cavity color composed compounds connective tissue contraction dermis digestive dogs dorsal duct epidermis esophagus finger frog functions gastric juice glands grape sugar heart heat Hence incisors ingredients kidneys kind Laboratory Exercises Latin layer legs less liquid liver lower lungs meat membrane microscope milk mineral matters molar mouth cavity mucous muscles muscular nervous system nitrogen nucleus nutrients opening organs oxid oxygen pancreatic pancreatic juice papillę passes phosphorus proteids protoplasm pulmonary red corpuscles region ribs right auricle saliva semilunar valves side skeleton skin small intestine spinal column spinal cord starch stomach structure substance sulphur supply surface teeth test tube tion tongue upper valves veins ventral ventricle vertebrates walls waste windpipe yeast
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Page 285 - My mind seems to have become a kind of machine for grinding general laws out of large collections of facts ; but why this should have caused the atrophy of that part of the brain alone on which the higher tastes depend, I cannot conceive.
Page 285 - I suppose, have thus suffered; and if I had to live my life again, I would have made a rule to read some poetry and listen to some music at least once every week; for perhaps the parts of my brain now atrophied would thus have been kept active through use.
Page 282 - Could the young but realize how soon they will become mere walking bundles of habits, they would give more heed to their conduct while in the plastic state.
Page 283 - As we become permanent drunkards by so many separate drinks, so we become saints in the moral, and authorities and experts in the practical and scientific spheres, by so many separate acts and hours of work.
Page 283 - I won't count this time." Well ! he may not count it, and a kind Heaven may not count it ; but it is being counted none the less. Down among his nerve cells and fibers the molecules are counting it, registering and storing it up to be used against him when the next temptation comes.
Page 283 - Let no youth have any anxiety about the upshot of his education, whatever the line of it may be. If he keep faithfully busy each hour of the working day, he may safely leave the final result to itself. He can with perfect certainty count on waking up some fine morning to find himself one of the competent ones of his generation, in whatever pursuit he may have singled out..
Page 70 - The use of intoxicants by employes while on duty is prohibited. Their habitual use, or the frequenting of places where they are sold, is sufficient cause for dismissal.
Page 282 - There is a story, which is credible enough, though it may not be true, of a practical joker, who, seeing a discharged veteran carrying home his dinner, suddenly called out, 'Attention!' whereupon the man instantly brought his hands down, and lost his mutton and potatoes in the gutter. The drill had been thorough, and its effects had become embodied in the man's nervous structure...