American Edition of the British Encyclopedia: Or, Dictionary of Arts and Sciences ; Comprising an Accurate and Popular View of the Present Improved State of Human Knowledge, Volume 3Mitchell, Ames and White, 1819 - Natural history |
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... stomach and rest of the system reco- vered their proper tone and energy . But the most extraordinary instance of buli- my , which perhaps ever occurred , is that recorded in the third volume of the " Me- dical and Physical Journal ...
... stomach and rest of the system reco- vered their proper tone and energy . But the most extraordinary instance of buli- my , which perhaps ever occurred , is that recorded in the third volume of the " Me- dical and Physical Journal ...
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... stomach , the arms being lopped off : it is usually placed on a pe- destal or console . The burst is the same with what the Latins called herma , from the Greek Hermes , Mercury , the image of that god being frequently represented in ...
... stomach , the arms being lopped off : it is usually placed on a pe- destal or console . The burst is the same with what the Latins called herma , from the Greek Hermes , Mercury , the image of that god being frequently represented in ...
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... stomach under the form of lime water , can be secreted by the kidneys , as the alkalies unquestion- ably are , it would appear from these ob- servations to be superior to them as a solvent . " CALCULUS denotes a method of com- putation ...
... stomach under the form of lime water , can be secreted by the kidneys , as the alkalies unquestion- ably are , it would appear from these ob- servations to be superior to them as a solvent . " CALCULUS denotes a method of com- putation ...
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... stomachs common to all ruminating animals , a fifth , in which they preserve a great quantity of water , unmixed with the liquors of the body and the digestive juices , and from which , by the contraction of certain mus- cles , they ...
... stomachs common to all ruminating animals , a fifth , in which they preserve a great quantity of water , unmixed with the liquors of the body and the digestive juices , and from which , by the contraction of certain mus- cles , they ...
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... stomach . The glare of day is overpowering to its sight , which is cleared by twilight . During this , therefore , it is in quest of food , and in full activity . It is singular for perching , not across a branch as other birds do , but ...
... stomach . The glare of day is overpowering to its sight , which is cleared by twilight . During this , therefore , it is in quest of food , and in full activity . It is singular for perching , not across a branch as other birds do , but ...
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