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  • The expulsory power over the bladder and rectum being due to the opposing actions of these muscles above and below, if the cord be injured in the neck below the origin of the phrenic nerve, the inferior muscles becoming paralysed, the antagonism of muscular forces is thereby interrupted, and the pelvic organs are, under such circumstances, equally withdrawn from the sphere of volition.

    Surgical Anatomy Joseph Maclise

  • The contractions of the previously inactive and rested abdominal muscles are a powerful adjunct to the tired uterine fibre, in the last prolonged and decisive expulsory effort, and in the dorsal decubitus they are somewhat hampered; they act to the best advantage in the inclined positions, semi-recumbent, kneeling, or squatting.

    Labor Among Primitive Peoples 1884

  • Sentiment in Italy towards the growing population of ecomonic and other refugees is furtile ground for the NL's expulsory message.

    Gorilla Radio blog 2009

  • "The expulsory laws of Ohio, in 1829, which drove our people to seek a new home in Upper Canada, and their impoverished situation afterward, excited a general burst of sympathy for their situation, by the wise and good, over the whole country.

    History of the Negro Race in America from 1619 to 1880. Vol. 2 (of 2) Negroes as Slaves, as Soldiers, and as Citizens George Washington Williams

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