The Philosophy of Vital MotionJohn Churchill, 1851 - 158 páginas |
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... appears to be absolutely identical in plant and animal . The tunic of the dartos is only another form of areolar web , in which there is a preponderance of certain thicker fibres , that are present everywhere in less abundance ; and ...
... appears to be absolutely identical in plant and animal . The tunic of the dartos is only another form of areolar web , in which there is a preponderance of certain thicker fibres , that are present everywhere in less abundance ; and ...
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... appear to be some general facts in con- nexion with the operation of one form of external agent , in some of the simpler phenomena of vital movement . They show that the motions in the tissues of the plant and animal , of which mention ...
... appear to be some general facts in con- nexion with the operation of one form of external agent , in some of the simpler phenomena of vital movement . They show that the motions in the tissues of the plant and animal , of which mention ...
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... appear , therefore , that the stem and root , with their several organs respectively , may be the channel of absorption , a varying degree of import- ance being assigned to either in different plants ; and this we may understand to be ...
... appear , therefore , that the stem and root , with their several organs respectively , may be the channel of absorption , a varying degree of import- ance being assigned to either in different plants ; and this we may understand to be ...
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... appear , however , by what means the solar heat can be concerned in the production of the focal movements by which the latex is agitated , for this agency operates uniformly and equally upon all portions of the web . Nor in the ...
... appear , however , by what means the solar heat can be concerned in the production of the focal movements by which the latex is agitated , for this agency operates uniformly and equally upon all portions of the web . Nor in the ...
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... appear if we leave those focal centres which have attained their maximum degree of enlargement , and cast our eyes upon other portions of the same system of vessels . There we find irregularity in the sizes of the tubes : and hence we ...
... appear if we leave those focal centres which have attained their maximum degree of enlargement , and cast our eyes upon other portions of the same system of vessels . There we find irregularity in the sizes of the tubes : and hence we ...
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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...