The Philosophy of Vital MotionJohn Churchill, 1851 - 158 páginas |
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... however , it may be well to endeavour to obtain some preliminary information upon the mode in which the bodily structures are affected by some of the more ordinary varieties of what may be called extra B 2 RESPECTING VITAL MOTION . 3.
... however , it may be well to endeavour to obtain some preliminary information upon the mode in which the bodily structures are affected by some of the more ordinary varieties of what may be called extra B 2 RESPECTING VITAL MOTION . 3.
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... mode of action , so far at least as that force is 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 ...
... mode of action , so far at least as that force is 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 ...
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... mode of action , therefore , light is rather to be regarded as a condition of one and the same action , higher in character , perhaps , than heat , but still related to this and the other physical agents , just as the several prismatic ...
... mode of action , therefore , light is rather to be regarded as a condition of one and the same action , higher in character , perhaps , than heat , but still related to this and the other physical agents , just as the several prismatic ...
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... mode in which the nervous influence affects the capillary vessels - for there is such a tan- gible mode of action - may be ascertained without any difficulty . When , for instance , the mind is paralysed by fear , the skin becomes pale ...
... mode in which the nervous influence affects the capillary vessels - for there is such a tan- gible mode of action - may be ascertained without any difficulty . When , for instance , the mind is paralysed by fear , the skin becomes pale ...
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... mode in which light prevents the formation , or effects the decomposition of carbonic acid , is but very imper- fectly understood . The belief is , that the gas in question , though poisonous to animals , is a necessary element of food ...
... mode in which light prevents the formation , or effects the decomposition of carbonic acid , is but very imper- fectly understood . The belief is , that the gas in question , though poisonous to animals , is a necessary element of food ...
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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...