Livers Sentence Examples

One of the chief names for the priest was baru - literally the "inspector" - which was given to him because of the prominence of his function as an inspector of livers for the purpose of divining the intention of the gods.

Lastly, to pass over unnecessary details, the markings of various kinds to be observed on the lobes of the livers of freshly-slaughtered animals, which are due mainly to the traces left by the subsidiary hepatic ducts and hepatic veins on the liver surface, were described as "holes," "paths," "clubs" and the like.

The constantly varying character of these markings, no two livers being alike in this respect, furnished a particularly large field for the fancy of the baru-priest.

In the early process for extracting the oil the livers were allowed to putrefy in wooden tubs, when oils of two qualities, one called "pale oil," and the other "light brown oil," successively rose to the surface and were drawn off.

The modern practice consists in heating the perfectly fresh, cleaned livers by steam to a temperature above that of boiling water, or, in more recent practice, to a lower temperature, the livers being kept as far as possible from contact with air.

By boiling the livers at a somewhat high temperature, "unracked" cod oil is obtained, containing a considerable quantity of "stearine"; this fat, which separates on cooling, is sold as "fish stearine" for soapmaking, or as "fish-tallow" for currying.

The ferret should be kept in dry, clean, well-ventilated hutches, and fed twice daily on bread, milk, and meat, such as rabbits' and fowls' livers.

By the union of antimony trisulphide with basic sulphides, livers of antimony are obtained.

While in a general way the reign of law and order in the movements of the heavenly bodies was recognized, and indeed must have exercised an influence at an early period in leading to the rise of a methodical divination that was certainly of a much higher order than the examination of an animal's liver, yet the importance that was laid upon the endless variations in the form of the phenomena and the equally numerous apparent deviations from what were regarded as normal conditions, prevented for a long time the rise of any serious study of astronomy beyond what was needed for the purely practical purposes that the priests as "inspectors" of the heavens (as they were also the "inspectors" of the sacrificial livers) had in mind.

They are hoping livers grown from cord blood stem cells could be used to transfuse and cleanse the infected blood.

In human beings permethrin is efficiently metabolized by mammalian livers.

Sweet whole shallots on a crisp pastry tart, served with perfectly cooked chicken livers.

Hepatoscopy in the Euphrates valley can be traced back to the 3rd millennium before our era, which may be taken as sufficient evidence for its survival from the period of primitive culture, while the supreme importance attached to signs read on the livers of sacrificial animals - usually a sheep - follows from the care with which omens derived from such inspection on occasions of historical significance were preserved as guides to later generations of priests.

Next, place the raw liver in a one quart stock pot, and add enough chicken broth and fresh water to cover the raw livers with two inches of water.

The first thing you want to do is pre-cook your duck, chicken and chicken livers.

Instead of chicken livers and chicken broth, try beef liver and beef broth.

Young adults are lectured on the evils of drinking too much, and they are shown pictures of diseased livers in an attempt to dissuade them from becoming alcoholics.

Liver transplants are also done for CF patients whose livers have been damaged by fibrosis.

Jaundice happens when preemies' livers are too immature to process a waste called bilrubin.

This study actually attributes the stimulation of ovaries to a protein found in the livers of animals called the Insulin-like Growth Factor.

For example, those with already weakened livers tend to fare much worse than otherwise healthy people.

Cod liver oil is produced by steaming the livers of codfish and then pressing them until they expel yellow, mildly fishy-tasting oil.

Cholesterol is a compound, actually a fatty molecule, that is both produced by our livers and found in some foods.

There are those who play at being old time bluegrass bands, and then there is the Bad Livers.

Offerings include pizza with figs, gorgonzola, caramelized onions, and truffle oil, an appetizer of grilled rabbit livers with pancetta, rosemary and trio tapenade, and several fish dishes.