The Philosophy of Vital MotionJohn Churchill, 1851 - 158 páginas |
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... favour- able to evaporation and radiation ; and under these circumstances it may be supposed that the organic fluid ... favoured by the operation of light , for a state of atmosphere is involved in the presence of this agent which would ...
... favour- able to evaporation and radiation ; and under these circumstances it may be supposed that the organic fluid ... favoured by the operation of light , for a state of atmosphere is involved in the presence of this agent which would ...
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... favour evaporation and radiation ) the same agent which causes the primary rush of fluids from the earth will provide for the con- tinuance , and convert the rush into a continuous current . The downward movement of the sap during the ...
... favour evaporation and radiation ) the same agent which causes the primary rush of fluids from the earth will provide for the con- tinuance , and convert the rush into a continuous current . The downward movement of the sap during the ...
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... favoured creatures . It remains to be seen whether a subsequent examination of the phenomena of vital motions will bear out this conjecture , and the judg- ment must be suspended until the special modes of the operation of force upon ...
... favoured creatures . It remains to be seen whether a subsequent examination of the phenomena of vital motions will bear out this conjecture , and the judg- ment must be suspended until the special modes of the operation of force upon ...
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... favour of a certain decomposition of carbonic acid , under the influ- ence of light , and of a deposition of carbonaceous matter in some degree analogous to that which takes place in the chlorophyllous cells of plants . Again , in the ...
... favour of a certain decomposition of carbonic acid , under the influ- ence of light , and of a deposition of carbonaceous matter in some degree analogous to that which takes place in the chlorophyllous cells of plants . Again , in the ...
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... favour the injec- tion of the vessels , which is necessary for anatomical purposes , and the illustration is perfectly legitimate . The fluid , as we know , passes from the syringe into the minutest vessel with great readiness , so long ...
... favour the injec- tion of the vessels , which is necessary for anatomical purposes , and the illustration is perfectly legitimate . The fluid , as we know , passes from the syringe into the minutest vessel with great readiness , so long ...
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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...