"Faeces" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... is supposed to take the whole hutteea or sin upon himself, and to cleanse the family from it. I am told that they put the milk of the mudar shrub "asclepias gigantea," into the mouth of the infant to destroy it, and cover the mouth with the faeces that first pass from, the infant's bowels. It soon dies; and after the expiation the parents again occupy the room, and there receive the visits of their family and friends, ...
— A Journey through the Kingdom of Oude, Volumes I & II • William Sleeman
... condition of the clothes. He should also notice if there are any signs of a struggle having taken place, if the hands are clenched, if the face is distorted, if there has been foaming at the mouth, and if urine or faeces have been passed involuntarily. Urine may be drawn off with a catheter and tested for ...
— Aids to Forensic Medicine and Toxicology • W. G. Aitchison Robertson
... infection on their wings or feet, but it was not known that they are capable of taking in at the mouth such objects as the ova of various worms, and of discharging them again unchanged in their faeces. This point has now been established, and several striking experiments illustrate it. Dr. Grassi exposed in his laboratory a plate containing a great number of the eggs of a human parasite, the Tricocephalus dispar. Some sheets of white paper were placed in the kitchen, which ...
— Scientific American Supplement, No. 415, December 15, 1883 • Various |
