Word: organism
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...occurrence in early life, and any young man who is so affected should never for one instant think of subjecting himself to violent athletic sports. By a common and silent consent, the objection to active exercise passes over the ordinary ill received, and fixes itself almost entirely on one organ, the heart, and there, on almost one malady alone, hypertrophy, the overgrowth of the muscular substance. That this disease can arise from physical exercise there can be no doubt. That it does frequently thus arise in healthy persons, I do not believe. In a long experience I have seen scarcely...
...exercise in the open air, and do his smoking in moderation after meals. Do not smoke on an empty stomach, or use very strong tobacco, or an old foul pipe. By the term hypertrophy of the heart is meant an increase in the size and weight of the organ, due to the development of some one of the elements of its walls. The term is generally used of muscular development only. Almost any cause which increases the action of the heart may bring it about. One of the first effects noticed after taking alcohol into the system, is the increase...
...lecturer advised his hearers to think as little as possible about their hearts; that the heart of each man regulated itself according to his size, temperament, and occupation. He deplored the fact that many afflicted themselves with imaginary disease of the organ by firmly believing they were possessed with it. We will publish a synopsis of the next lecture as soon as possible...
...drink, saliva, or any other substance has been carried back past a certain point on the posterior part of the tongue, it is completely out of our power to resist swallowing. After leaving the mouth the food passes through the oesophagus to the stomach, which is a hollow muscular organ, and provided with a number of glands which produce the gastric juice. The muscles of the stomach are described as consisting of three layers. At the lower opening is a muscle called the sphincter, which opens and shuts the outlet into the intestines. The mucous membrane lining the stomach...
...Quarterly as a whole proves the enthusiasm of the organization of which it is the organ and proves further that college societies find but a small portion of their activity in college life. Here is but the beginning. When we have lived our little college life and passed out into the life of the world, the true life, we can appreciate as at no other time the sincerity of our college attachments and our college feelings, And it is in our past-collegiate life that we are to gain the best results from college societies. It is then that looking...