Durian strikes a man in its fall, it produces a dreadful wound, the strong spines tearing open the flesh, while the blow itself is very heavy ; but from this very circumstance death rarely ensues, the copious effusion of blood preventing the inflammation... A Descriptive Dictionary of British Malaya - Página 87por Nicholas Belfield Dennys - 1894 - 423 páginasVista completa - Acerca de este libro
| Sir William Jackson Hooker - 1856 - 418 páginas
...and almost hourly, and accidents not unfrequently happen to persons walking or working under them. When a Durian strikes a man in its fall it produces a fearful wound, the strong spines tearing open the flesh, while the blow itself is very heavy ; but... | |
| Alfred Russel Wallace - 1869 - 360 páginas
...as the orange, grape, mango, and mangosteen, whose refreshing and cooling qualities are so wholesome and grateful ; but as producing a food of the most...the inflammation which might otherwise take place. A Dyak chief informed me that he had been struck down by a Durian falling on his head, which he thought... | |
| 1869 - 692 páginas
...accidents not * Bickmore, pp. 68 to 70. t Pp- 222-3. J P. 433. § P. 91. || Wallace, vol. i., p. 118. unfrequently happen to persons walking or working...the inflammation which might otherwise take place. A Dyak chief informed me that he had been struck down by a Durian falling on his head, which he thought... | |
| James Samuelson, William Crookes - 1869 - 700 páginas
...accidents not * Bickmore, pp. 68 to 70. f Pp- 222-3. t P. 433. § P. 91. |1 Wallace, vol. i., p. 118. unfrequently happen to persons walking or working...the inflammation which might otherwise take place. A Dyak chief informed me that he had been struck down by a Durian falling on his head, which ho thought... | |
| Alfred Russel Wallace - 1869 - 694 páginas
...and accidents not unfrequently happen to persons walking or working under the trees. When the durion strikes a man in its fall, it produces a dreadful...the inflammation which might otherwise take place. A Dytk chief informed me that he had been struck down by a dfrion falling on his head, which he thought... | |
| Georg Hartwig - 1871 - 776 páginas
...not unfrequently happen to persons walking or working under the trees. When it strikes a man in the fall, it produces a dreadful wound, the strong spines...open the flesh, while the blow itself is very heavy. Poets and moralists, judging from the European trees and fruits, have said that small fruits alone... | |
| Georg Hartwig - 1872 - 780 páginas
...happen to persons walking or working under the trees. When it strikes a man in the fall, it products a dreadful wound, the strong spines tearing open the flesh, while the blow itself is very heavy. Poets and moralists, judging from the European trees and fruits, have said that small fruits alone... | |
| Alfred Russel Wallace - 1877 - 728 páginas
...dangerous. When the fruit begins to ripen it falls daily and almost hourly, and accidents not xmfrequently happen to persons walking or working under the trees....the blow itself is very heavy ; but from this very circumstauce death rarely ensues, the copious effusion of blood preventing the inflammation which might... | |
| Georg Hartwig - 1877 - 876 páginas
...not unfrequently happen to persons walking or working under the trees. When it strikes a man in the fall, it produces a dreadful wound, the strong spines tearing open the flesh, while the blow itself is verj heavy. Poets and moralists, judging from the European trees and fruits, have said that small fruits... | |
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