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... slow, Pulse weak and often quick sometimes almost imperceptible. and thready. Complexion Cyanotic appearance, edema anemic and sallow. The and iciness of extremities. other appearances may be Great decrease of vitality present but come on later in peripheral structures, and are less marked. as shown by asthenic ...

— Benign Stupors - A Study of a New Manic-Depressive Reaction Type • August Hoch

... in the Overholt home. The tiny rootlets of his avid, unconscious baby life he thrust out in all directions through that kind soil, sucking, sucking, grasping, laying hold, drawing to him and his great little needs sustenance material and spiritual. More keen and capable to penetrate were those thready little fibres than the irresistible water-seeking tap-root of the cottonwood or the mesquite of the plains; more powerful to clasp and to hold than the cablelike roots of the rock-embracing cedar. The little new member was so much ...

— Southern Lights and Shadows • Edited by William Dean Howells & Henry Mills Alden

... in the above proportion; put in the lobster, and keep it boiling quickly from 20 minutes to 3/4 hour, according to its size, and do not forget to skim well. If it boils too long, the meat becomes thready, and if not done enough, the spawn is not red: this must be obviated by great attention. Hub the shell over with a little butter or sweet oil, which ...

— The Book of Household Management • Mrs. Isabella Beeton