The Philosophy of Vital MotionJohn Churchill, 1851 - 158 páginas |
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... agencies , have also been found to be connected with each other , and with the more recon- dite vital influences , as correlative aspects of one central force ; so that the unity of creation is reflected in force as well as form . And ...
... agencies , have also been found to be connected with each other , and with the more recon- dite vital influences , as correlative aspects of one central force ; so that the unity of creation is reflected in force as well as form . And ...
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... agencies . In some cases there may be greater energy in the forces which reside within the organism ; in others the influence of surrounding nature may be more power- ful ; but in every case the two classes of agencies are invariably ...
... agencies . In some cases there may be greater energy in the forces which reside within the organism ; in others the influence of surrounding nature may be more power- ful ; but in every case the two classes of agencies are invariably ...
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... agencies which are correlative of heat- namely , light , electricity , and the rest - and therefore we leave our present point of view , and proceed to study the phenomena of cyclosis in relation to the agents 16 OF VITAL MOTION .
... agencies which are correlative of heat- namely , light , electricity , and the rest - and therefore we leave our present point of view , and proceed to study the phenomena of cyclosis in relation to the agents 16 OF VITAL MOTION .
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... agencies , without doubt , have some share in the determination of these phenomena , as we shall see in the sequel ; but in the operation of heat , we find— as it seems the first step in the explanation of the primary absorption of the ...
... agencies , without doubt , have some share in the determination of these phenomena , as we shall see in the sequel ; but in the operation of heat , we find— as it seems the first step in the explanation of the primary absorption of the ...
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... agencies concerned in the free discharge of the other functions of nutrition ; and here , likewise , it is possible to meet with a partial explanation without having recourse to the unintelligible mystery of vital power . Let it be ...
... agencies concerned in the free discharge of the other functions of nutrition ; and here , likewise , it is possible to meet with a partial explanation without having recourse to the unintelligible mystery of vital power . Let it be ...
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agencies agent alimentary canal analogous ANATOMY animal bodies appear argue arterial auricles blood capillary carbonic acid cause cavities cells centres chemical chemical affinity CHEMISTRY circulation cloth coats coloured condition connexion consequence cyclosis dartos diastole dilatation DISEASES electricity electrometer Engravings erectile tissue evidence existence expansion extra-organic force fact Fcap fibres fibrine fluid Foolscap 8vo Foreign Medical Review frog heart heat hence HOSPITAL inorganic irritability latex laticiferous light limb manner MANUAL Medical Journal MEDICINE ments mind mode muscular action muscular contraction muscular system nature necessary nerves nervous influence nervous system OBSERVATIONS operation ordinary organic force PATHOLOGY peculiar PHARMACOPOEIAS phenomena phenomenon physical PHYSICIAN PHYSIOLOGY Plates Post 8vo practical practitioner present principle racter reason recommend relation respiration SCROFULA Second Edition sensitive plant stimulus suppose SURGERY Surgical systole Third Edition tion tissues traction treatise TREATMENT uterus vascular ventricles vessels vital motion VITAL MOVEMENTS volume voluntary muscles
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Página 132 - This possession was rendered more probable by the known fact that she was, or had been, a heretic. Voltaire humorously advises the devil to decline all acquaintance with medical men; and it would have been more to his reputation if he had taken this advice in the present instance. The case had attracted the particular attention of a young physician, and by his statement many eminent physiologists and psychologists visited the town and cross-examined the case on the spot.
Página 134 - ... that all thoughts are in themselves imperishable ; and that if the intelligent faculty should be rendered more comprehensive, it would require only a different and apportioned organization — the body celestial, instead of the body terrestrial — to bring before every human soul the collective experience of its whole past existence. And this — this, perchance, is the dread book of judgment, in whose mysterious hieroglyphics every idle word is recorded...