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... brain . We accordingly find by reference to the chronicles of olden times , when it was the custom to make hearty sup- pers , that gentlemen and ladies were perpetually going to bed in the highest possible state of health , and found ...
... brain . We accordingly find by reference to the chronicles of olden times , when it was the custom to make hearty sup- pers , that gentlemen and ladies were perpetually going to bed in the highest possible state of health , and found ...
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... brain from extra- vasated blood . Taking Abernethy for my guide , I was decidedly opposed to the measure ; to which , among other objections , it was no trifling one that great doubt existed as to the spot where the instrument should be ...
... brain from extra- vasated blood . Taking Abernethy for my guide , I was decidedly opposed to the measure ; to which , among other objections , it was no trifling one that great doubt existed as to the spot where the instrument should be ...
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... brain , sooner or later , is to be expected ; and that if this be met by the proper deple- tions , it will not often be necessary to have recourse to the trephine . Surgeons , it would seem , used too frequently to take severe measures ...
... brain , sooner or later , is to be expected ; and that if this be met by the proper deple- tions , it will not often be necessary to have recourse to the trephine . Surgeons , it would seem , used too frequently to take severe measures ...
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... brain , " he observes , " the functions of the organ become for a time greatly impaired , nay , almost suspended . On recovery from the shock , they are carried on in an irregular manner , and inflammation succeeds to this , as to other ...
... brain , " he observes , " the functions of the organ become for a time greatly impaired , nay , almost suspended . On recovery from the shock , they are carried on in an irregular manner , and inflammation succeeds to this , as to other ...
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... brain , which , from neglect , did him so much damage , that he ever afterwards lost the senses of taste and smell . So that Abernethy very wisely protected himself from the injurious imputation of being averse , in cases of concussion ...
... brain , which , from neglect , did him so much damage , that he ever afterwards lost the senses of taste and smell . So that Abernethy very wisely protected himself from the injurious imputation of being averse , in cases of concussion ...
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Abernethy Abernethy's acquainted admitted alluded anatomy anecdote animal appear attention believe better Bishop blood Bodmin body brain character Christ Christian circumstances Clovenford Coleridge College comparative anatomy Cornaro Cornwall death digestion dinner disease doubt earth equally evidence fact faculties feelings fish fluid functions Glynn gout head heart heaven History of Cornwall honour hour human Hunter immortality interesting John Hunter judge judgment knowledge late learned lectures likewise living Lord manner Materialists means ment merely mind moral nature never Norway observation occasion opinions organs Paradise Lost patient perceive persons phrenology physician present principle Prodicus profession professional pupils Queen Dowager reason recollection remarks respect resurrection scarcely Scott Scottish Border Scripture Sir Tristram Sir Walter Scott sleep soul spirit subtil suppose surgeon tell thou thought tion Tom Payne truth tumour Tweed vertebral column Wadebridge whilst whole words Ysonde
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Página 65 - But original déficience cannot be supplied. The want of human interest is always felt. Paradise Lost is one of the books which the reader admires and lays down, and forgets to take up again. None ever wished it longer than it is. Its perusal is a duty rather than a pleasure. We read Milton for
Página 202 - in the judges' seat, nor understand the sentence of judgment; they cannot declare justice and judgment; and they shall not be found where parables are spoken. " But they will maintain the state of the world, and all their desire is in the work of their
Página 80 - reached Abbotsford on the 19th. About half-past one, PM on the 21st of September, Sir Walter breathed his last, in the presence of all his children. It was a beautiful day, so warm, that every window was wide open—and so perfectly still, that the sound of all others
Página 67 - Milton knew human nature only in the gross, and had never studied the shades of character, nor the combinations of concurring, or the perplexity of contending, passions. He had read much, and knew what books could teach ; but had mingled little in the world, and was deficient in the knowledge which experience must confer.
Página 27 - Write ; from henceforth blessed are the dead which die in the Lord ; even so saith the Spirit ; for they rest from their labours.
Página 202 - cannot a city be inhabited ; and they shall not dwell where they will, nor go up and down ; "They shall not be sought for in public counsel, nor sit high in the congregation ; they shall not sit in the judges' seat, nor understand the sentence of judgment; they cannot declare justice and judgment; and they shall not be found where parables are spoken.
Página 70 - Be not ye afraid of them ; remember the Lord, which is great and terrible, and fight for your brethren, your sons, and your daughters, your wives, and your houses.'
Página 80 - most delicious to his ear, the gentle ripple of the Tweed over its pebbles, was distinctly audible as we knelt around the bed, and his eldest son kissed and closed his eyes.
Página 64 - I am now to examine Paradise Lost ; a poem which, considered with respect to design, may claim the first place ; and, with respect to performance, the second, among the productions of the human mind.
Página 66 - sent his faculties out upon discovery, into worlds where only imagination can travel, and delighted to form new modes of existence, and furnish sentiment and action to superior beings, to trace the counsels of hell, or accompany the choirs of heaven,