 | Sir William Lawrence - 1819 - 646 pages
...troglodytes, and gibbon) have the appendix vermiformis, which the others want. !Thus we find that, whether we consider the teeth and jaws, or the immediate instruments...the human structure closely resembles that of the simiae ; all of which, in their natural state, are completely herbivorous *. Man possesses a tolerably... | |
 | Sir William Lawrence - 1822 - 544 pages
...the carnivorous animals, except that their enamel is confined to the external surface. He possesses, indeed, teeth called canine, but they do not exceed...the level of the others, and are obviously unsuited to the purposes which the corresponding teeth execute in carnivorous! animals. The obtuse' tubercles... | |
 | Sir William Lawrence - 1823 - 546 pages
...the carnivorous animals, except that their enamel is confined to the external surface. He possesses, indeed, teeth called canine, but they do not exceed the level of the others, and are obviously unsuitecl to the purposes which the corresponding teeth execute in carnivorous animals. The obtuse... | |
 | 1835 - 240 pages
...is confined to the external surface. He possesses, indeed, teeth called canine, but ASIMAL FOOD. 105 they do not exceed the level of the others, and are obviously unsuited to the purposes which the corresponding teeth execute in carnivorous animals. In the freedom of lateral... | |
 | William Andrus Alcott - 1838 - 300 pages
...us; and so far, these animals have a more carnivorous character than man. Thus we find, that whether we consider the teeth and jaws, or the immediate instruments...the human structure closely resembles that of the simise, (monkey race,) all of which, in their natural state, are completely herbivorous. Man possesses... | |
 | William Andrus Alcott - 1838 - 302 pages
...; and so far, these animals have a more carnivorous character than man. Thus we find, that whether we consider the teeth and jaws, or the immediate instruments...the human structure closely resembles that of the simiae, (monkey race,) all of which, in their natural state, are completely herbivorous. Man possesses... | |
 | Mary Sargeant Gove Nichols - 1842 - 310 pages
...similar to those of monkeys, than any other animal. Thus we find that whether we consider the teeth, the jaws, or the immediate instruments of digestion, the human structure closely resembles that of the simice, (monkey race,) all of which in their natural state are completely herbivorous." Many things... | |
 | Abraham Courtney - 1844 - 24 pages
...vegetables." Mr. Lawrence, the celebrated surgeon of St. Bartholomew's Hospital, observes, " Whether we consider the teeth and jaws, or the immediate instruments...the human structure closely resembles that of the simiae, or monkey tribe, all of which are herb and fruit eaters." " The habits of animals," as is pertinently... | |
 | John Smith (of Malton.) - 1845 - 456 pages
...the carnivorous animals, except that their enamel is confined to the external surface. He possesses, indeed, teeth called ' canine'; but they do not exceed...the level of the others, and are obviously unsuited to the purposes which the corresponding teeth execute in carnivorous animals." After sundry observations... | |
 | Mary Sargeant Gove Nichols - 1846 - 328 pages
...similar to those of monkeys than any other animal. Thus we find that whether we consider the teeth, the jaws, or the immediate instruments of digestion, the human structure closely resembles that of the simiee (monkey race), all of which, in their natural state, are completely herbivorous." Many things... | |
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The teeth of man have not the slightest resemblance to those of carnivorous animals, except that their enamel is confined to the external surface. He possesses, indeed, teeth called canine, but they do not exceed the level of the others, and are obviously... 
