"Scapular" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... very much of the characteristics of the humero-scapular articulation, but is more strongly built. The head of the thigh bone is more separated, or prominent and rounder in form, and the cup-like cavity, or socket, into which it fits is much deeper, forming together a deep, true ball-and-socket joint, which is, moreover, reenforced by two strong cords ...
— Special Report on Diseases of the Horse • United States Department of Agriculture
... her bosom and drew out a ragged, well-worn scapular with a tiny medal attached, and ...
— My New Curate • P.A. Sheehan
... such good fortune. The shy, mistrustful bird, hunting the thickest foliage of the tallest forest trees,—how should his landlady's daughter have seen it when she was seeking for ferns? yet her description had been exactly that of the books: "Upper parts nearly uniform black, with a whitish scapular stripe and a large white patch in the middle of the wing coverts; an oblong patch—" but she had not been positive about the head. No, but she was positive as to the bright orange-red on chin, throat, and forepart of the breast, and the three ...
— "Some Say" - Neighbours in Cyrus • Laura Elizabeth Howe Richards
... the young men were not known as yet. The sisters at the hospital sent for the priest because the boy brought there wore a scapular and they knew he must be a Catholic. Aside from that nothing was ...
— The Alchemist's Secret • Isabel Cecilia Williams
... surgical neck of the scapula, although a rare accident, is of importance, as it is liable to be mistaken for dislocation of the shoulder. The line of fracture runs through the scapular notch, downwards and laterally to the lower margin of the glenoid, so that the glenoid and the coracoid process are separated from ...
— Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition. • Alexander Miles
... end of her life I learned that, during her noviciate, one of our Sisters, when fastening the scapular for her, ran the large pin through her shoulder, and for hours she bore the pain with joy. On another occasion she gave me proof of her interior mortification. I had received a most interesting letter which was read aloud at recreation, during her ...
— The Story of a Soul (L'Histoire d'une Ame): The Autobiography of St. Therese of Lisieux • Therese Martin (of Lisieux) |
