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dead organ naturally gravitated backward after
In his work “ Die Pathologie und Therapie der Lageverænderungen der Gebærmutter ,” which is the most classical work extant on displacements of the uterus, says: “From the post-mortem findings it was inferred that the uterus occupied in the living woman the same position as in the cadaver; such an assumption did not take into account the actions of the muscles on the position of the uterus in the living subject nor the intra-abdominal pressure which is entirely absent after death, so that the dead organ naturally gravitated backward after the remains had lain for several days on the back.” — from Femina, A Work for Every Woman by John A. (John Alexander) Miller
Daimio of Nara gravely bowed and
To the consternation of the Emperor, who expected that now, at least, the one to whom he pinned his faith would speak boldly, the Daimio of Nara gravely bowed, and said,-- "If such is the pleasure of our master, be it so." — from The Curse of Koshiu: A Chronicle of Old Japan by Lewis Wingfield
destroyer of Nahardea gradually became a
Odenathus, the destroyer of Nahardea, gradually became a petty Asiatic prince of Palmyra or Tadmor, the oasis which King Solomon had converted into a city. — from History of the Jews, Vol. 2 (of 6) by Heinrich Graetz
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