The Philosophy of Vital MotionJohn Churchill, 1851 - 158 páginas |
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... to movement under slight alterations of heat , much greater in degree than that which belongs to water , or blood , or the allied fluids , and therefore we suppose that the expansion of the latex will not OF VITAL MOTION . 15.
... to movement under slight alterations of heat , much greater in degree than that which belongs to water , or blood , or the allied fluids , and therefore we suppose that the expansion of the latex will not OF VITAL MOTION . 15.
Página 16
... fluids from neighbouring parts - a phenomenon readily permitted by the porosity , which is one of the properties of organic membrane - and thus the filling of the shrunk and empty laticiferous web , on the return of spring , may be ...
... fluids from neighbouring parts - a phenomenon readily permitted by the porosity , which is one of the properties of organic membrane - and thus the filling of the shrunk and empty laticiferous web , on the return of spring , may be ...
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... fluid , and the solid textures in relation to this fluid ; and hence we may argue that the quantity of latex present in any part of the laticiferous web , will be a fitting measure of the capacity of that part for the production of heat ...
... fluid , and the solid textures in relation to this fluid ; and hence we may argue that the quantity of latex present in any part of the laticiferous web , will be a fitting measure of the capacity of that part for the production of heat ...
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... fluid will be attracted from neighbouring parts ; for although changes take place cotemporaneously in vessels which are contracted and comparatively empty , yet these lesser phenomena will be absorbed and counteracted by the greater ...
... fluid will be attracted from neighbouring parts ; for although changes take place cotemporaneously in vessels which are contracted and comparatively empty , yet these lesser phenomena will be absorbed and counteracted by the greater ...
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... fluid to and from certain focal centres , while at the same time we are able to account , by the same means , for the change of position in the centres themselves . II . OF THE MOVEMENTS IN SIMPLE CELLS , AND 66 THE PHENOMENA OF ...
... fluid to and from certain focal centres , while at the same time we are able to account , by the same means , for the change of position in the centres themselves . II . OF THE MOVEMENTS IN SIMPLE CELLS , AND 66 THE PHENOMENA OF ...
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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...