Medical, matrimonial, and scientific expositor

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Dr. Jefferson B. Fancher, publisher, 1867 - 438 pages
 

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Page 317 - to be my wedded wife, to have and to hold from this day forward, for better for worse, for richer for poorer, in sickness and health, to love and to cherish, till death us do part, according to God's holy ordinance ; and thereto I plight
Page 276 - Let truth and falsehood grapple, "Who ever knew truth put to the worse in a free and open encounter?
Page 317 - Witli this ring I thee wed, and with all my worldly goods I thee endow ; in the name of the Father, the
Page 250 - things as conduce to their health, and forbear from everything which they find, by their own experience, to do them harm ; and let them be assured that, by a diligent observation and practice of this rule, they may enjoy a good share of health, and seldom stand in need of physic or physicians.
Page 424 - PAPIER-MACHE. — A plastic material, formed of cuttings of white or brown paper, boiled in water, and beaten to a paste in a mortar, and then mixed with a solution of gum arabic in size, to give tenacity. It is variously manufactured by being pressed into oiled moulds, afterwards dried, covered with a mixture of size and lampblack, and varnished.
Page 338 - free and so kind a manner, that if I was dry, I drank the sweetest draught, and if hungry, I ate the coarsest morsel, with a double relish.
Page 420 - melt the rosin, add the oil, take it off the fire, and stir in the vinegar ; let it boil for a few minutes, stirring it ; when cool, put it into a bottle, add the other ingredients, shaking all together. [The last two are especially used for reviving French polish.]
Page 317 - to love and to cherish, till death us do part, according to God's holy ordinance ; and thereto I plight
Page 282 - attachment to systems and established forms, and the dread of reflections, will always operate upon those who follow medicine as a trade. Few improvements are to be expected from a man who might ruin his character and family by even the smallest deviation from an established rule.
Page 21 - represents the anterior aspect of the anatomy of the heart and lungs. 1. Right ventricle; the vessels to the left of the number are the middle coronary artery and veins. 2. Left ventricle. 3. Right auricle. 4. Left auricle. 5. Pulmonary artery.

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