On the decline of life in health and diseaseJ. Churchill, 1853 - 300 páginas |
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... Brain and Nervous System . — The brain in infancy is very soft , almost pultaceous , and large in proportion to the body , indeed it does not appear to get larger after the third year of life , but increases in density and weight up to ...
... Brain and Nervous System . — The brain in infancy is very soft , almost pultaceous , and large in proportion to the body , indeed it does not appear to get larger after the third year of life , but increases in density and weight up to ...
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... brain becomes firmer , and the child manifests thought and will . At length the period of puberty arrives . The sexual organs are developed , and new sensations and impulses arise , which change and modify all that concerns the indi ...
... brain becomes firmer , and the child manifests thought and will . At length the period of puberty arrives . The sexual organs are developed , and new sensations and impulses arise , which change and modify all that concerns the indi ...
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... brain must be regarded as the organ of the mind , just as much as the legs are the organs of loco- motion , or the hands the organs of prehension . It is the medium through which that spiritual essence we call mind receives impressions ...
... brain must be regarded as the organ of the mind , just as much as the legs are the organs of loco- motion , or the hands the organs of prehension . It is the medium through which that spiritual essence we call mind receives impressions ...
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... brain to act as a whole , or in distinct portions , it is easy to understand that as it becomes altered by age ( indurated ) , the mental facul- ties dependent on its actions will become more obtuse ; whilst the judgment , the great ...
... brain to act as a whole , or in distinct portions , it is easy to understand that as it becomes altered by age ( indurated ) , the mental facul- ties dependent on its actions will become more obtuse ; whilst the judgment , the great ...
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... be overtaxed , if the brain be worked too long , similar effects will result , too much blood will flow to that organ , the - 72 LONGEVITY . due balance between the nutritious and regenerative THE MODE OF ATTAINING OLD AGE . 71.
... be overtaxed , if the brain be worked too long , similar effects will result , too much blood will flow to that organ , the - 72 LONGEVITY . due balance between the nutritious and regenerative THE MODE OF ATTAINING OLD AGE . 71.
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Página 29 - The stars shall fade away, the sun himself Grow dim with age, and Nature sink in years, But thou shalt flourish in immortal youth, Unhurt amidst the war of elements, The wreck of matter, and the crush of worlds.
Página 125 - As man, perhaps, the moment of his breath Receives the lurking principle of death; The young disease, that must subdue at length, Grows with his growth, and strengthens with his strength; So, cast and mingled with his very frame.
Página 299 - All the publications of Mr. Churchill are prepared with so much taste and neatness, that it is superfluous to speak of them in terms of commendation.