The Philosophy of Vital MotionJohn Churchill, 1851 - 158 páginas |
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... Heat , light , chemical affinity , electricity , motion , and other physical agencies , have also been found to be connected with each other , and with the more recon- dite vital influences , as correlative aspects of one central force ...
... Heat , light , chemical affinity , electricity , motion , and other physical agencies , have also been found to be connected with each other , and with the more recon- dite vital influences , as correlative aspects of one central force ...
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... 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 absence of heat : and yet there is an important difference in the ...
... 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 absence of heat : and yet there is an important difference in the ...
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... heat , and on further examination we find no reason to doubt this conclusion . It is found , indeed , that various inorganic solids are affected differently by heat , some being acted upon to a much greater extent than others : and this ...
... heat , and on further examination we find no reason to doubt this conclusion . It is found , indeed , that various inorganic solids are affected differently by heat , some being acted upon to a much greater extent than others : and this ...
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... heat which determines the evaporation of water from the earth operates , remotely , in preparing these bodies to receive a portion of this fluid within their interstices ; but whatever the expla- nation may be , the phenomenon is of a ...
... heat which determines the evaporation of water from the earth operates , remotely , in preparing these bodies to receive a portion of this fluid within their interstices ; but whatever the expla- nation may be , the phenomenon is of a ...
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... heat , are analogous to those which are brought about by the same agent in inorganic substances , any apparent difference being only one that may be accounted for by the mere physical constitution of the tissue . CHAPTER II . OF VITAL ...
... heat , are analogous to those which are brought about by the same agent in inorganic substances , any apparent difference being only one that may be accounted for by the mere physical constitution of the tissue . CHAPTER II . OF VITAL ...
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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...