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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1901 Excerpt: ...state. Area, approximately 26,000 sq. m. In physical characteristics it closely resembles the rest of Abyssinia (q.v.). The highest point in the Gurnghe Mountains reaches 12,790 feet. The people, who are partly Ahyssinians and partly Gal las, numlier about II million. The present capital is Licheh (pop. 3000); but the most important place is the former capital, Ankoliar (q.v.). This country was conquered by King Theodore of Abyssinia shortly after his accession (1853). On the death of Theodore's successor (John II.) in 1889 the king of Shoa, Menelek, was made king of all Abyssinia; and Shoa, like the rest of Abyssinia, is now in many particulars an Italian protectorate. Shock. It is well known that some forms of injury, as, for example, a blow on the pit of the stomach, may occasion death without leaving any visible trace of their operation in the body; and, indeed, life may occasionally le destroyed even bv sudden and powerful mental emotions. In sucli cases as these death is said to result from shark, the actual cause of death lieing the sudden arrest of the heart's action, consentient on the violent disturbance given to the nervous system. The effects of shock may be manifested in all degrees from the transient feeling of faintness (see Kaintino) or sickness produced by a sudden emotion, or an unexpected and unpleasant sight, &c, to the disastrous result above described. In cases of moderate severity the condition known as collapse is induced, in which the patient lies in a state of utter prostration, and apparently on the verge of dissolution. The face, and even the lips, are pale and bloodless; the skin is cold and clammy, and drops of sweat are often seen on the forehead. The features aie contracted, and there is great languor in the Seneral expre...


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  • ISBN-13: 9781236431516
  • Publisher: Rarebooksclub.com
  • Publisher Imprint: Rarebooksclub.com
  • Height: 246 mm
  • No of Pages: 958
  • Spine Width: 48 mm
  • Width: 189 mm
  • ISBN-10: 1236431510
  • Publisher Date: 01 May 2012
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: N
  • Weight: 1674 gr


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