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Notes on Nursing: What It Is, and What It Is Not
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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher Indypublish.Com
Publication date November 30, 2004
Pages 128
Binding Hardcover
Book category Adult Non-Fiction
ISBN-13 9781414230184
ISBN-10 1414230184
Availability§ Publisher Out of Stock Indefinitely
Original list price $94.99
§As reported by publisher
Summaries and Reviews
Amazon.com description: Product Description: This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1849 edition. Excerpt: ...vol. i. London, 1843. Grant, Outlines of Comparative Anatomy. London, 1843. T. Ryiner Jones, A general Outline of the Animal Kingdom. London, 1841. Dujardin, Histoire Naturelie des Zoophytes, Infusories. Paris, 1843; Report on the Progress of Zoology, 1842, published by the Ray Society. Oken, Phiaio-Philosophy, Ray Society, 1847. Mantell, Thoughts on Animalcules. London, 1846. Carpenter, Cyclopaedia of Natural Science. London, 1847. (Edwin Lankester.) RUMINANTIA. (See Supplement.) SALIVA (la Salivc, Fr.; der Speichel, Germ.; la ScUiva, Ital. )--The saliva is a fluid secreted by a series of glands placed about the max.llary region. These glands, viz. the parotids, submaxillaries, and sublinguals, pour their secretions into the cavity of the mouth on either side. In consequence of this arrangement, it has always been a matter of difficulty to obtain saliva in a perfectly pure state, the secretion of the mouth interfering, by admixture, with the exhibition of the natural qualities of the saliva, and more especially with its microscopic characters. It occasionally happens that the fluid can be obtained more directly from the gland in cases of salivary fistula affecting the parotid duct, but it is to be doubted whether we ought to look for the secretion in its normal state in such instances. No attempts have, as yet, been made to determine whether or not saliva, as obtained from the different glands, is identical in character; but so far as general observation guides us, there appears no variation in its constitution as secreted from these different sources. Quantity.--The quantity of saliva secreted during the day has never been very accurately ascertained. It has been said that about twelve ounces are produced during the twenty-four hours,...

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