The Philosophy of Vital MotionJohn Churchill, 1851 - 158 páginas |
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... remain erect and unfolded until evening , when they again close and droop ; and these alternations recur in this order so long as the characteristic sensitiveness is retained . In both cases , indeed , there is a manifest connexion ...
... remain erect and unfolded until evening , when they again close and droop ; and these alternations recur in this order so long as the characteristic sensitiveness is retained . In both cases , indeed , there is a manifest connexion ...
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... remain gaseous when in an uncombined state , and of which the mutual affinity is so feeble that they readily pass into an aëriform condition , —and hence it may be supposed that such solids will undergo a greater change of volume under ...
... remain gaseous when in an uncombined state , and of which the mutual affinity is so feeble that they readily pass into an aëriform condition , —and hence it may be supposed that such solids will undergo a greater change of volume under ...
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Charles Bland Radcliffe. remain gaseous under the ordinary condition of the atmosphere . The hygroscopic property of organic substances , which is illustrated in the expansion or contraction of the belts of sea - wrack which occasionally ...
Charles Bland Radcliffe. remain gaseous under the ordinary condition of the atmosphere . The hygroscopic property of organic substances , which is illustrated in the expansion or contraction of the belts of sea - wrack which occasionally ...
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... remains permanently in some of the rudimentary entozoid forms ; that is to say , it is not a single and constant stream , proceeding and returning to and from a common fixed centre or heart , but a complex movement , consisting of many ...
... remains permanently in some of the rudimentary entozoid forms ; that is to say , it is not a single and constant stream , proceeding and returning to and from a common fixed centre or heart , but a complex movement , consisting of many ...
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... remain at the foot of the scale of existence , and in the early transitional phases of beings which ultimately attain to a higher grade , the vascular movements are in every respect similar to those of the laticiferous system in the ...
... remain at the foot of the scale of existence , and in the early transitional phases of beings which ultimately attain to a higher grade , the vascular movements are in every respect similar to those of the laticiferous system in the ...
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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...