The life, writings, opinions, and times of the Right Hon. George Gordon Noel Byron, lord Byron; including ... anecdotes, and memoirs of the lives of the most eminent and eccentric, public and noble characters and courtiers of the ... age and court of His Majesty King George the Fourth. In the course of the biography is also separately given, copious recollectiions of the lately destroyed ms. originally intended for posthumous publication, and entitled: Memoirs of my own life and times, by the Right Hon. Lord Byron ...

Attributed to Matthew Iley.

Kirby's wonderful and eccentric museum; or, Magazine of remarkable characters. Including all the curiosities of nature and art, from the remotest period to the present time, drawn from every authentic source. Illustrated with one hundred and twenty-four engravings. Chiefly taken from rare and curious prints or original drawings.

For the most part a reissue with new title pages, of "Kirby's wonderful and scientific museum," later "Kirby's wonderful and eccentric museum." which was published at London from 1803 to 1820. cf. Brit. mus. Catalogue.

Mirth, or, Medicine for the mind : containing a selection of smart repartees, prize bulls, eccentric advertisements, humorous letters, laughable descriptions, original pieces, curious epitaphs, well turned epigrams, sprightly sallies of imagination, etc.

Mode of access: Internet.

Life of Lord Timothy Dexter : embracing sketches of the eccentric characters that composed his associates, including "Dexter's Pickle for the knowing ones" /

Mode of access: Internet.

The cabinet of curiosities, or, Wonders of the world displayed, forming a repository of whatever is remarkable in the regions of nature and art, extraordinary events, and eccentric biography.

Mode of access: Internet.

Jorrocks' jaunts and jollities. The hunting, shooting, racing, driving, sailing, eccentric and extravagant exploits of that renowned sporting citizen Mr. John Jorrocks [pseud.]

Mode of access: Internet.

Elementary principles of machine design : with full instructions for setting a plain slide valve and eccentric; also practical and explanatory hints for making all the necessary calculations and working drawings.

Mode of access: Internet.

Personal recollections of poets, philosophers and statesmen : being 1,001 anecdotes of life in New England, and of the great and eccentric characters celebrated in her history fifty years ago : also giving numerous anecdotes concerning the private life and secret history of many personages illustrious in American public life during the first half of the present century : and an account of men and things I saw in Europe /

Includes index.

Partingtonian patchwork. : Blifkins the martyr: the domestic trials of a model husband. The modern syntax: Dr. Spooner's experiences in search of the delectable. Partington papers: Strippings of the warm milk of human kindness. New and old dips from an unambitious inkstand. Humourous, eccentric, rhythmical. /

On t-p verso: Stereotyped at the Boston Stereotype Foundry... -- "Lubricatory" (i.e., preface): p.5-6; "Contents": p.7-10

A Collection of four hundred portraits of remarkable, eccentric and notorious personages printed from the original copper plates of Caulfield's Remarkable characters, Grainger, and Kirby's Wonderful museum.

Mode of access: Internet.

Early alterations in serum creatine kinase and total cholesterol following high intensity eccentric muscle actions

Aim. The purpose of this experiment was to assess the levels of muscle soreness, serum total cholesterol (TC) and creatine kinase (CK) in the first 48 hours following fatiguing eccentric exercise performed with the triceps brachii. Methods. Eleven untrained male college students performed a total of 50 eccentric elbow extensions in 8 sets (6x7 and 2x4) with a load equal to 85% of their maximal concentric elbow extension strength. Isometric elbow extension strength, muscle soreness and circumference, and serum CK and TC concentrations were measured before, immediately after, and 2, 24 and 48 hours after the exercise. Results. Statistically reliable changes in isometric strength, serum CK and TC, muscle soreness and upper arm circumference occurred within the first 48 hours following eccentric exercise. Serum TC concentrations exhibited a very rapid (within 2 hours) reduction from pre-exercise values after eccentric exercise to a relatively stable concentration of approximately 85% of baseline. Conclusion. These results suggest that serum TC concentration may follow the time-course of reductions in force generating capacity more closely than other biochemical markers of muscle damage.

Differential expression of muscle damage in humans following acute fast and slow velocity eccentric exercise

We sought to determine if the velocity of an acute bout of eccentric contractions influenced the duration and severity of several common indirect markers of muscle damage. Subjects performed 36 maximal fast (FST, n=8: 3.14 rad center dot s(-1)) or slow (SLW, n=7: 0.52 rad center dot s(-1)) velocity isokinetic eccentric contractions with the elbow flexors of the non-dominant arm. Muscle soreness, limb girth, plasma creatine kinase (CK) activity, isometric torque and concentric and eccentric torque at 0.52 and 3.14 rad center dot s(-1) were assessed prior to and for several days following the eccentric bout. Peak plasma CK activity was similar in SLW (4030 +/- 1029 U center dot l(-1)) and FST (5864 +/- 2664 U center dot l(-1)) groups, (p > 0.05). Both groups experienced similar decrement in all strength variables during the 48 hr following the eccentric bout. However, recovery occurred more rapidly in the FST group during eccentric (0.52 and 3.14 rad center dot s(-1)) and concentric (3.14 rad center dot s(-1)) post-testing. The severity of muscle soreness was similar in both groups. However, the FST group experienced peak muscle soreness 48 hr later than the SLW group (24 hr vs. 72 hr). The SLW group experienced a greater increase in upper arm girth than the FST group 20 min, 24 hr and 96 hr following the eccentric exercise bout. The contraction velocity of an acute bout of eccentric exercise differentially influences the magnitude and time course of several indirect markers of muscle damage.