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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...passing through the lines of the escort formed by the undergraduates, entered the Congregational Church. The galleries of the edifice had been reserved for the ladies, and, after the entrance of the procession, every part of the building was filled by a crowded audience. After a voluntary on the organ, the Rev. Dr. Ripley offered a solemn and fervent prayer. Although more than eighty years of age, he spoke in a clear and powerful voice. Like the Jewish leader, 'his eyes were not dim, nor his natural force abated...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Harvard's Birthday in 1836. | 10/15/1886 | See Source »

...monkey accompanied by an Italian organ grinder succeeded in causing great annoyance to men who room on Harvard Street. The homeopathic idea of "grinding" inside and outside was not satisfactory...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Fact and Rumor. | 6/10/1886 | See Source »

...experience has shown that most of us are in better health when we have a sufficient quantity at regular times. The adaptability of the human system is very great, and is shown very markedly in the matter of sleep. The insane can sustain long continued conditions of sleeplessness. Every organ and tissue in the body must have rest, or they soon become worn out. The heart must make use of the intervals between beats to obtain necessary repose. The cause of sleep is the using up of potential energy. When we are fatigued by excessive mental labor, prolonged sleep will...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Dr. Farnham's Lecture. | 4/22/1886 | See Source »

...lecturer began by illustrating the internal mechanism of a flower. Every flower contains stamens and pistils, - the male and female organs of generation, - and an ovary or calyx in which the fruit or seed is generated. The, stamen is the pollen producing organ; this, when placed on the stigma and style of the pistil, excites the secretions of that body which make their way to the ovary to the undeveloped seeds within. The lecturer divided flowers into four groups: those self-fertilizing, and thost fertilized by wind, water, and animal life...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Prof. Trelease's Lecture. | 3/23/1886 | See Source »

Besides regulating the temperature of the body, the perspiration serves to throw off from the system worn out matter. If the perspiration is stopped by any means as cold or otherwise, these substances remain in the blood until some other organ takes upon itself the office of expelling them. Disease is a not an unfrequent result of this. The only matter which is formed in the sebaceous glands protects the skin from cold...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Dr. Farnham's Lecture. | 3/18/1886 | See Source »

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