The Physiology of Man: Special senses. generation

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D. Appleton, 1874
 

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Página 1 - THE PHYSIOLOGY OF MAN. Designed to represent the Existing State of Physiological Science as applied to the Functions of the Human Body.
Página 338 - The os and cervix uteri had been firm, hard, and generally in a normal condition with the os closed so as not to admit the uterine probe without difficulty; but immediately the os opened to the extent of fully an inch, made five or six successive gasps drawing the external os into the cervix each time powerfully, and at the same time becoming quite soft to the touch. All these phenomena occurred within the • space of twelve seconds...
Página 205 - I speak this, not from his authority only, but also from that of his father, who is an excellent judge of music, and plays well on the violin : he told me, that his son, besides playing on the flute, sung with much taste, and perfectly in tune.
Página 181 - I place this violin upon the end of the rod ; the violin becomes instantly musical, — not, however, with the vibrations of its own strings, but with those of the piano. I remove the violin, the sound ceases ; I put in its place a guitar, and (he sound revives.
Página 267 - ... on either side, between the folds of the broad ligament and through the inguinal canal, to the symphysis pubis; the broad ligaments, which extend from the sides of the uterus to the walls of the pelvis, are the most interesting of all, as they lodge the ovaries and the Fallopian tubes.
Página 211 - The articulations between the malleus and the incus and between the incus and the stapes are so arranged that when the membrana tympani is forced outward— as it may be by inflation of the tympanic cavity — there is...
Página 181 - The rod is clasped by india-rubber bands, which entirely close the tin tube. The lower end of the rod rests upon the sound-board of the piano, its upper end being exposed before you. An artist is at this moment engaged at the instrument, but you hear no sound.

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