The Philosophy of Vital MotionJohn Churchill, 1851 - 158 páginas |
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Página 78
... circulation in the muscles diminishes ; and thus the manifestations of this form of irritability in * Todd and Bowman , op . cit . vol . i . p . 107 . mammals during a state of hybernation continues almost to the 78 OF VITAL MOTION .
... circulation in the muscles diminishes ; and thus the manifestations of this form of irritability in * Todd and Bowman , op . cit . vol . i . p . 107 . mammals during a state of hybernation continues almost to the 78 OF VITAL MOTION .
Página 79
Charles Bland Radcliffe. mammals during a state of hybernation continues almost to the same length of time as in reptiles . In sloths and lemurs , also , where the contractions of the limbs continue a long time with little fatigue , it ...
Charles Bland Radcliffe. mammals during a state of hybernation continues almost to the same length of time as in reptiles . In sloths and lemurs , also , where the contractions of the limbs continue a long time with little fatigue , it ...
Página 83
... continues for some time after the cessation of the contractions , shows that it is not to these that we must look for its immediate cause . It is difficult to procure any direct evidence of the action of light upon the voluntary muscles ...
... continues for some time after the cessation of the contractions , shows that it is not to these that we must look for its immediate cause . It is difficult to procure any direct evidence of the action of light upon the voluntary muscles ...
Página 84
... continues , an electric current from the interior to the exterior of the muscles , and in the limbs , from the extremities towards the head . The latter current , which is particularly conspicuous in the hinder limbs of the frog , is of ...
... continues , an electric current from the interior to the exterior of the muscles , and in the limbs , from the extremities towards the head . The latter current , which is particularly conspicuous in the hinder limbs of the frog , is of ...
Página 86
... powerful one on breaking it . There is a change , however , if we continue to transmit the electric influence , and eventually the slighter contrac- tions disappear , there being only contraction on closure of 86 OF VITAL MOTION .
... powerful one on breaking it . There is a change , however , if we continue to transmit the electric influence , and eventually the slighter contrac- tions disappear , there being only contraction on closure of 86 OF VITAL MOTION .
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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...