The Philosophy of Vital MotionJohn Churchill, 1851 - 158 páginas |
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... important difference in the midst of this seeming analogy . It is found , indeed , that there is a much greater alteration of volume in organic solids , under trifling changes of temperature , than in any other bodies . Under no higher ...
... important difference in the midst of this seeming analogy . It is found , indeed , that there is a much greater alteration of volume in organic solids , under trifling changes of temperature , than in any other bodies . Under no higher ...
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... importance they do not deserve , we must be equally on our guard not to scout the idea that physical agents are concerned in these changes . Heat is undoubtedly concerned , and largely so , and it is to be remembered that the changes in ...
... importance they do not deserve , we must be equally on our guard not to scout the idea that physical agents are concerned in these changes . Heat is undoubtedly concerned , and largely so , and it is to be remembered that the changes in ...
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... important agent . In the circulation of the plant it has been already stated that the fluids move indifferently through the cells and vessels , or through the insterstitial spaces , and that no part is specially concerned in the process ...
... important agent . In the circulation of the plant it has been already stated that the fluids move indifferently through the cells and vessels , or through the insterstitial spaces , and that no part is specially concerned in the process ...
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... important complementary power , —and this it is our present purpose to investigate . The cellular movements of animal bodies are , in many respects , similar to those of plants , but in addition to these is one that is exhibited in ...
... important complementary power , —and this it is our present purpose to investigate . The cellular movements of animal bodies are , in many respects , similar to those of plants , but in addition to these is one that is exhibited in ...
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... importance of the nervous principle as an agent of life , " and of the nature of the agency physically considered . 66 As evidenced in the capillary vessels , therefore , the effects of an exuberant or deficient supply of nervous - SO ...
... importance of the nervous principle as an agent of life , " and of the nature of the agency physically considered . 66 As evidenced in the capillary vessels , therefore , the effects of an exuberant or deficient supply of nervous - SO ...
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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...