The Philosophy of Vital MotionJohn Churchill, 1851 - 158 páginas |
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... . OF B. OF VITAL MOVEMENTS SUCH AS ARE SEEN IN THE IRRITABLE TUMOURS OF THE SENSITIVE PLANT , IN THE COATS OF THE ALIMENTARY CANAL , AND IN VOLUNTARY MUSCLES • 32 • • 49 2383 33 52 SECTION I. IN THE IRRITABLE TUMOURS OF THE SENSITIVE PLANT.
... . OF B. OF VITAL MOVEMENTS SUCH AS ARE SEEN IN THE IRRITABLE TUMOURS OF THE SENSITIVE PLANT , IN THE COATS OF THE ALIMENTARY CANAL , AND IN VOLUNTARY MUSCLES • 32 • • 49 2383 33 52 SECTION I. IN THE IRRITABLE TUMOURS OF THE SENSITIVE PLANT.
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... seen to be impossible to separate form from force , and to regard the one as a mere lifeless image , or the other as a mere " naked essence . " But it may be objected that all these ideas are mere philosophical abstractions , and that ...
... seen to be impossible to separate form from force , and to regard the one as a mere lifeless image , or the other as a mere " naked essence . " But it may be objected that all these ideas are mere philosophical abstractions , and that ...
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... seen in the mounting or falling of the liquid in the tube of the thermometer , we are acquainted with no instances where the change is in any way commensurate with that which is witnessed in these 6 PRELIMINARY CONSIDERATIONS.
... seen in the mounting or falling of the liquid in the tube of the thermometer , we are acquainted with no instances where the change is in any way commensurate with that which is witnessed in these 6 PRELIMINARY CONSIDERATIONS.
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... seen in vessels and cells ; under the second , all such movements as occur in the irritable tumours of the sensitive plant , in the coats of the alimentary canal , and in the voluntary muscles ; and under the third , the rhythmical ...
... seen in vessels and cells ; under the second , all such movements as occur in the irritable tumours of the sensitive plant , in the coats of the alimentary canal , and in the voluntary muscles ; and under the third , the rhythmical ...
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... seen that the particles of these tissues are affected like those of inorganic bodies . Let it be supposed , then , that a latex vessel is acted upon by heat , and what , we may ask , will be the con- sequences . The vessel , as we have ...
... seen that the particles of these tissues are affected like those of inorganic bodies . Let it be supposed , then , that a latex vessel is acted upon by heat , and what , we may ask , will be the con- sequences . The vessel , as we have ...
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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...