The Philosophy of Vital MotionJohn Churchill, 1851 - 158 páginas |
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... move- ments of blood or other nutrient fluids in vessels independently of any cardiac impulse , the action of muscle , the beating of the heart , and many other mysteries of life , will no longer perplex us , for each will interpret the ...
... move- ments of blood or other nutrient fluids in vessels independently of any cardiac impulse , the action of muscle , the beating of the heart , and many other mysteries of life , will no longer perplex us , for each will interpret the ...
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... move the leaves are found to expand under the influence of light and warmth , and to contract on the withdrawal of these agents ; and with few exceptions , and these but apparent , the same law is observable in all similar organs . The ...
... move the leaves are found to expand under the influence of light and warmth , and to contract on the withdrawal of these agents ; and with few exceptions , and these but apparent , the same law is observable in all similar organs . The ...
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Charles Bland Radcliffe. not within the pale of life ; and also that the move- ments themselves , in so far as they are related to heat , are analogous to those which are brought about by the same agent in inorganic substances , any ...
Charles Bland Radcliffe. not within the pale of life ; and also that the move- ments themselves , in so far as they are related to heat , are analogous to those which are brought about by the same agent in inorganic substances , any ...
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... move- ment which belongs to the plant as a whole , and to which all parts contribute ; and there is a special movement , which is itself divided into two varieties , the one belonging to the laticiferous vessels , and the other to ...
... move- ment which belongs to the plant as a whole , and to which all parts contribute ; and there is a special movement , which is itself divided into two varieties , the one belonging to the laticiferous vessels , and the other to ...
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... moving sand , or in parasites , whose dry , aërial roots are every - way unfitted to the function of absorption , it is clear that the fluids necessary to the wants of the economy must find entrance by other channels . In the lower ...
... moving sand , or in parasites , whose dry , aërial roots are every - way unfitted to the function of absorption , it is clear that the fluids necessary to the wants of the economy must find entrance by other channels . In the lower ...
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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...