The Philosophy of Vital MotionJohn Churchill, 1851 - 158 páginas |
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... tissues , however , there is no obscurity . In the sensitive plant , for example the cellular cushions which move the leaves are found to expand under the influence of light and warmth , and to contract on the withdrawal of these agents ...
... tissues , however , there is no obscurity . In the sensitive plant , for example the cellular cushions which move the leaves are found to expand under the influence of light and warmth , and to contract on the withdrawal of these agents ...
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... tissue . These instances furnish different points of view , from which we may regard all the principal forms of ... tissues of the economy . In this way , then , we obtain evidence of the operation of external RESPECTING VITAL ...
... tissue . These instances furnish different points of view , from which we may regard all the principal forms of ... tissues of the economy . In this way , then , we obtain evidence of the operation of external RESPECTING VITAL ...
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... tissue , the former length may be doubled . In inorganic solids , on the contrary , the change , under these circumstances , would be almost inappreciable ; and even in fluids , which are apt to undergo greater changes than solids , and ...
... tissue , the former length may be doubled . In inorganic solids , on the contrary , the change , under these circumstances , would be almost inappreciable ; and even in fluids , which are apt to undergo greater changes than solids , and ...
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... tissues of the organism , under slight changes of temperature , may be nothing more than the natural and physical consequence of the constitution of these tissues . Such would appear to be some general facts in con- nexion with the ...
... tissues of the organism , under slight changes of temperature , may be nothing more than the natural and physical consequence of the constitution of these tissues . Such would appear to be some general facts in con- nexion with the ...
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... the same agent in inorganic substances , any apparent difference being only one that may be accounted for by the mere physical constitution of the tissue . CHAPTER II . OF VITAL MOVEMENTS . THESE phenomena may RESPECTING VITAL MOTION . 9.
... the same agent in inorganic substances , any apparent difference being only one that may be accounted for by the mere physical constitution of the tissue . CHAPTER II . OF VITAL MOVEMENTS . THESE phenomena may RESPECTING VITAL MOTION . 9.
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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...