The Philosophy of Vital MotionJohn Churchill, 1851 - 158 páginas |
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... concerned which is most intimately wedded to motion — namely , heat . This result is in harmony with that which marks the operation of the same agent in inanimate bodies , for these contract or expand according to the presence or ...
... concerned which is most intimately wedded to motion — namely , heat . This result is in harmony with that which marks the operation of the same agent in inanimate bodies , for these contract or expand according to the presence or ...
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... designate as heat . Let us begin our examination , then , by inquiring into the manner in which this physical agent may be concerned in these changes 14 OF VITAL MOTION . In the plant generally (circulation of the sap) PAGE.
... designate as heat . Let us begin our examination , then , by inquiring into the manner in which this physical agent may be concerned in these changes 14 OF VITAL MOTION . In the plant generally (circulation of the sap) PAGE.
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Charles Bland Radcliffe. which this physical agent may be concerned in these changes ; and to this end , let us divest ourselves of those ideas of mysterious and unknown powers with which the explanation is presumed to be connected , and ...
Charles Bland Radcliffe. which this physical agent may be concerned in these changes ; and to this end , let us divest ourselves of those ideas of mysterious and unknown powers with which the explanation is presumed to be connected , and ...
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... 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 construction of the vessels themselves does there appear to 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 construction of the vessels themselves does there appear to be ...
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... concerned in these changes . Heat is undoubtedly concerned , and largely so , and it is to be remembered that the changes in the organic substance accord with the natural law of action of this agent in inorganic substances . The ...
... concerned in these changes . Heat is undoubtedly concerned , and largely so , and it is to be remembered that the changes in the organic substance accord with the natural law of action of this agent in inorganic substances . The ...
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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...