The Philadelphia Medical and Physical Journal, Volume 1J. Conrad & Company, 1804 - Medicine |
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... manner , that this vegetable , so remark- able for its effects in lowering the pulse , & c . , has sometimes really produced a great increase of the salivary fluid . The Squill ( Scilla maritima ) , a vege- table in many respects allied ...
... manner , that this vegetable , so remark- able for its effects in lowering the pulse , & c . , has sometimes really produced a great increase of the salivary fluid . The Squill ( Scilla maritima ) , a vege- table in many respects allied ...
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... would not venture nearer than his tail , and then by slow , silent , and wary steps , in a sideways , or oblique manner , spreading his legs , and reaching forward . In this position , he would pluck the 94 Anecdotes of an American Crow .
... would not venture nearer than his tail , and then by slow , silent , and wary steps , in a sideways , or oblique manner , spreading his legs , and reaching forward . In this position , he would pluck the 94 Anecdotes of an American Crow .
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... manner as to be ready to start off , when the dog was roused and snapped at him . It would be endless ( observes my ingenious friend , in the conclusion of his entertaining account of the crow ) to recount instances of this bird's ...
... manner as to be ready to start off , when the dog was roused and snapped at him . It would be endless ( observes my ingenious friend , in the conclusion of his entertaining account of the crow ) to recount instances of this bird's ...
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... manner of their tops rocking up and down , they are called Sawyers . They are deemed very dangerous . The current runs so ama- zingly swift , that should a boat run on one of them , it would injure her much , if not stave her . Pages 8 ...
... manner of their tops rocking up and down , they are called Sawyers . They are deemed very dangerous . The current runs so ama- zingly swift , that should a boat run on one of them , it would injure her much , if not stave her . Pages 8 ...
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... manner of dress is quite different from that of the Northern Indians . When the Chactaws dispose of their dead , they wrap the body in a blanket , and lay it upon a scaffold , which is placed before the door of the deceased . Here it ...
... manner of dress is quite different from that of the Northern Indians . When the Chactaws dispose of their dead , they wrap the body in a blanket , and lay it upon a scaffold , which is placed before the door of the deceased . Here it ...
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Page iv - IDE, of the said District, hath deposited in this office, the title of a book, the right whereof he claims as proprietor, in the words following, to wit : " Inductive Grammar, designed for beginners. By an Instructer." In conformity to the act of the Congress of the United States...
Page 181 - ... a custom loathsome to the eye, hateful to the nose, harmful to the brain, dangerous to the lungs, and in the black stinking fumes thereof nearest resembling the horrible Stygian smoke of the pit that is bottomless.
Page 38 - British man of war, in the harbour of Portsmouth, were seated round the fire, one of them began to play a plaintive air on the violin. He had scarcely performed ten minutes, when a mouse apparently frantic, made its appearance in the centre of the floor. The strange gestures of the little animal, strongly excited the attention of the officers, who with one consent resolved to suffer it to continue its singular actions unmolested. Its exertions now appeared to be greater every moment — it shook...
Page 85 - In passing through the large prairies they were much distressed for water and provisions, for they saw neither beast nor bird; and though there was an abundance of salt springs, fresh water was very scarce. In one of these prairies, the salt springs ran into small ponds, in which, as the weather was hot, the water had sunk, and left the edges of the ponds so covered with salt, that they fully supplied themselves with that article, and might easily have collected bushels of it. As they were travelling...
Page 122 - ... animal creation. He was never known to have been at enmity with any man. During the whole course of his life, there was not a single instance of his engaging in a litigious contest with any of his neighbours, or others. He zealously testified against slavery; and, that his philanthropic precepts, on this subject, might have their due weight and force, he gave liberty to a most valuable male slave, then in the prime of his life, who had been bred up in the family almost from his infancy. He was,...
Page 123 - ... naturally industrious and active, both in body and mind; observing, that he never could find more time than he could employ to satisfaction and advantage, either in improving conversation, or in some healthy and useful bodily exercise: and he was astonished to hear men complaining, that they were weary of their time, and knew not what they should do. He was born and educated in the sect called Quakers. But his religious creed may, perhaps, be best collected from a pious distich, engraven by his...
Page 59 - It is to be observed, that the Spring before this Sickness, there was a numerous company of Flies, which were like for bigness unto Wasps...
Page 122 - His common drink was pure water, small-beer, or cyder mixed with milk. Nevertheless, he always kept a good and plentiful table. Once a year, commonly on new year's day, he made a liberal entertainment for his relations, and particular friends. His stature was rather above the middle size, and upright. His visage was long, and his countenance expressive of a degree of dignity, with a happy mixture of animation and sensibility. He was naturally industrious and active, both in body and mind; observing,...
Page 83 - Jessamine-county, a gentleman with whom I have been long acquainted, and who is well known to be a man of veracity, communicated a relation to me, which, at all events, appears to merit serious attention. After he had related it in conversation, I requested him to repeat it, and committed it to writing. It has certainly some internal marks of authenticity. The country which is described was altogether unknown, in Virginia, when the relation was given, and was probably very little known to the Shahnees-Indians.