The Philosophy of Vital MotionJohn Churchill, 1851 - 158 páginas |
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... changes in the relative positions of the earth and sun , the one referring to the annual , and the other to the diurnal revolution ; and hence it may be argued that the vital movements of the sensitive plant are due to the joint ...
... changes in the relative positions of the earth and sun , the one referring to the annual , and the other to the diurnal revolution ; and hence it may be argued that the vital movements of the sensitive plant are due to the joint ...
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... change , under these circumstances , would be almost inappreciable ; and even in fluids , which are apt to undergo greater changes than solids , and are very sensible to the motive power of heat , as may be seen in the mounting or ...
... change , under these circumstances , would be almost inappreciable ; and even in fluids , which are apt to undergo greater changes than solids , and are very sensible to the motive power of heat , as may be seen in the mounting or ...
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... change of volume under the action of heat than an inorganic substance , in which the constitution is simple and the molecular affinity more stable . And for the same reason it need be no ground of wonder that the change should be ...
... change of volume under the action of heat than an inorganic substance , in which the constitution is simple and the molecular affinity more stable . And for the same reason it need be no ground of wonder that the change should be ...
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... changes of volume in the rudimentary tissues of the organism , under slight changes of temperature , may be nothing more than the natural and physical consequence of the constitution of these tissues . Such would appear to be some ...
... changes of volume in the rudimentary tissues of the organism , under slight changes of temperature , may be nothing more than the natural and physical consequence of the constitution of these tissues . Such would appear to be some ...
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... changes in the same plant , so that no one plan can be considered as constant - a supposition which is the more probable from the fact , that the sap infiltrates through the textures generally , like a stream through a 12 OF VITAL MOTION .
... changes in the same plant , so that no one plan can be considered as constant - a supposition which is the more probable from the fact , that the sap infiltrates through the textures generally , like a stream through a 12 OF VITAL MOTION .
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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...