The Philosophy of Vital MotionJohn Churchill, 1851 - 158 páginas |
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Página 84
... diseases — a fact which may possibly show that the absence of light ( for light is infinitely concerned in healthy nutrition , ) has had something to do in inducing that state of muscular fibre in which there is a proneness to ...
... diseases — a fact which may possibly show that the absence of light ( for light is infinitely concerned in healthy nutrition , ) has had something to do in inducing that state of muscular fibre in which there is a proneness to ...
Página 100
... diseases in which there is no such irrita- tion , and in which the system is torpid , and in every respect the reverse of what is called - excitable . The whole subject , however , is so obscure that we must be content to wait the ...
... diseases in which there is no such irrita- tion , and in which the system is torpid , and in every respect the reverse of what is called - excitable . The whole subject , however , is so obscure that we must be content to wait the ...
Página 106
... disease , so that the arterial openings are imper- fectly closed , the stethoscope reveals to us the reality of such a regurgitation . Now it is certain , that the force by which the blood is made to rush back in this manner is not ...
... disease , so that the arterial openings are imper- fectly closed , the stethoscope reveals to us the reality of such a regurgitation . Now it is certain , that the force by which the blood is made to rush back in this manner is not ...
Página 130
... that these records have become effaced , but simply because we have neglected to fortify the mental vision by which we read what is written . The phenomena of disease afford other arguments , which confirm 130 OF VITAL MOTION .
... that these records have become effaced , but simply because we have neglected to fortify the mental vision by which we read what is written . The phenomena of disease afford other arguments , which confirm 130 OF VITAL MOTION .
Página 131
... disease wear away . In delirious excitement , on the other hand , the preternatural activity of the brain is often accompanied with a corresponding development of the memory ; and these cases afford the strongest possible proof that ...
... disease wear away . In delirious excitement , on the other hand , the preternatural activity of the brain is often accompanied with a corresponding development of the memory ; and these cases afford the strongest possible proof that ...
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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...