The Philosophy of Vital MotionJohn Churchill, 1851 - 158 páginas |
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... become more expanded by absorption . Once set up indeed , the process of expansion must go on in these parts , for anything we know to the con- trary , either until a sufficient resistance is opposed by the pressure of neighbouring ...
... become more expanded by absorption . Once set up indeed , the process of expansion must go on in these parts , for anything we know to the con- trary , either until a sufficient resistance is opposed by the pressure of neighbouring ...
Página 19
... become centres of attraction . These secondary centres will expand at the expense of the neighbouring vessels : and this process will go on ( as in the first instance ) until a barrier is opposed to further progress by external ...
... become centres of attraction . These secondary centres will expand at the expense of the neighbouring vessels : and this process will go on ( as in the first instance ) until a barrier is opposed to further progress by external ...
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... become on this account far less fitted to the performance of those molecular changes which originate heat : and hence the stage of contraction may be in part due to a direct diminution of the local manifestation of organic heat . Other ...
... become on this account far less fitted to the performance of those molecular changes which originate heat : and hence the stage of contraction may be in part due to a direct diminution of the local manifestation of organic heat . Other ...
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... become roseate and blooming on the occurrence of summer . In other words it may be said that , in each of these cases , the coats of the vessels expand or contract as heat is imparted or withdrawn . So far as we are able to judge , this ...
... become roseate and blooming on the occurrence of summer . In other words it may be said that , in each of these cases , the coats of the vessels expand or contract as heat is imparted or withdrawn . So far as we are able to judge , this ...
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... become cold . No other explana- tion is admissible than that which refers to physical agents for life has ceased ; -nor is any other needed , for all the phenomena may be accounted for by the changes which must take place in the coats ...
... become cold . No other explana- tion is admissible than that which refers to physical agents for life has ceased ; -nor is any other needed , for all the phenomena may be accounted for by the changes which must take place in the coats ...
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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...