The Philosophy of Vital MotionJohn Churchill, 1851 - 158 páginas |
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... NERVOUS INFLUENCE AS AN AGENT IN VITAL MOVEMENT · • 126 CHAPTER VI . OF THE ACTION OF MIND IN VITAL MOVEMENT 128 PREFACE . In a work lately published under the title iv CONTENTS .
... NERVOUS INFLUENCE AS AN AGENT IN VITAL MOVEMENT · • 126 CHAPTER VI . OF THE ACTION OF MIND IN VITAL MOVEMENT 128 PREFACE . In a work lately published under the title iv CONTENTS .
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... nervous , vascular , or osseous systems , to the more rudimentary parts of the economy . I have traced , also , the ... influences , as correlative aspects of one central force ; so that the unity of creation is reflected in force as ...
... nervous , vascular , or osseous systems , to the more rudimentary parts of the economy . I have traced , also , the ... influences , as correlative aspects of one central force ; so that the unity of creation is reflected in force as ...
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... influence of this class of agents is greatly masked by the workings of ... influence of light and warmth , and to contract on the withdrawal of these agents ... nervous system , and in this respect most nearly allied to the tissues of ...
... influence of this class of agents is greatly masked by the workings of ... influence of light and warmth , and to contract on the withdrawal of these agents ... nervous system , and in this respect most nearly allied to the tissues of ...
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... influence of the two is nearly balanced . The internal or organic force may be divided into two principal forms , and each of these will demand separate consideration . The first is ... nervous influence as an D 2 OF VITAL MOTION . 35.
... influence of the two is nearly balanced . The internal or organic force may be divided into two principal forms , and each of these will demand separate consideration . The first is ... nervous influence as an D 2 OF VITAL MOTION . 35.
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... 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 and blanched , in ...
... 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 and blanched , in ...
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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...