The belief, which is still held by the Chinese, that the excrements of animals retain the properties and peculiarities of the animals from which they are derived, led to the use in medicine of these disgusting remedies, which are still sold in drug shops in China, and were only omitted from the English Pharmacopoeia as late as 1721.   anvd [Please select]

Whenever they are discharged, pain is expressed; but as the animal sinks the cries grow less frequent, till at last the excrements pass involuntarily, and death soon takes place.   anvd [Please select]

For their pleasant slumbers they select the snuggest corners of the hive; then, rising carelessly, they flock to the open cells where the honey smells sweetest, and soil with their excrements the combs they frequent.   anvd [Please select]

| [U]=Urine | 3 6 15 | 9 9 14 | [E]=Excrements |38 2 2 | 9 5 6 | -----------------+------------+------------+ [T]= Total |71 8 17 |10 3 0 | [F]=Total matter}|69 0 0 |22 6 0 | of the food}| | | +------------+------------+ [D]=Difference |27 3 3 |12 3 0 | -----------------+------------+------------+.   anvd [Please select]

With the hay | 2 3 |With the urine | 2 6 With the oats | 0 14 |With the excrements | 23 8 Taken as drink | 35 3 | | +---------------| |------------ Total consumed | 38 4 | Total voided | 25 14 |Water consumed | 38 4 | |------------ Water exhaled by pulmonary and cutaneous transpiration | 12 6 -------------------------------------------------------+------------ * * * * * FOOD CONSUMED BY THE COW IN 24 HOURS.   anvd [Please select]

| [E]=Excrements | 76 1 9 |10 8 12 | [U]=Urine | 21 11 12 | 2 6 17 | [M]=Milk | 22 10 10 | 3 1 0 | +-------------+------------+ [T]=Total |120 11 11 |16 4 9 | [F]= " matter of food |220 3 7 |28 1 1 | +-------------+------------+ [D]=Difference | 99 3 16 |11 8 12 | ------------------------+-------------+------------+."   anvd [Please select]