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... ALIMENTARY CANAL , AND IN VOLUNTARY MUSCLES • 32 • • 49 2383 33 52 SECTION I. IN THE IRRITABLE TUMOURS OF THE SENSITIVE PLANT.
... ALIMENTARY CANAL , AND IN VOLUNTARY MUSCLES • 32 • • 49 2383 33 52 SECTION I. IN THE IRRITABLE TUMOURS OF THE SENSITIVE PLANT.
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... ALIMENTARY CANAL AND IN VOLUN- TARY MUSCLES • · I. In the coats of the alimentary canal , & c . II . In the voluntary muscles · PAGE 52 56 62 · 71 CHAPTER IV . C. OF VITAL MOVEMENTS IN THE HEART . 106 CHAPTER V. OF THE NERVOUS INFLUENCE ...
... ALIMENTARY CANAL AND IN VOLUN- TARY MUSCLES • · I. In the coats of the alimentary canal , & c . II . In the voluntary muscles · PAGE 52 56 62 · 71 CHAPTER IV . C. OF VITAL MOVEMENTS IN THE HEART . 106 CHAPTER V. OF THE NERVOUS INFLUENCE ...
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... alimentary canal , and in the voluntary muscles ; and under the third , the rhythmical beatings of the heart . We shall speak of the several varieties of vital motion according to this arrangement , and then add some separate con ...
... alimentary canal , and in the voluntary muscles ; and under the third , the rhythmical beatings of the heart . We shall speak of the several varieties of vital motion according to this arrangement , and then add some separate con ...
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... ALIMENTARY CANAL , AND IN VOLUNTARY MUSCLES . THESE phenomena are arranged in two sections , according as they belong to the animal or vegetable kingdom of nature ; and this division furnishes the primary heads of the present chapter ...
... ALIMENTARY CANAL , AND IN VOLUNTARY MUSCLES . THESE phenomena are arranged in two sections , according as they belong to the animal or vegetable kingdom of nature ; and this division furnishes the primary heads of the present chapter ...
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... ALIMENTARY CANAL , AND IN VOLUN- TARY MUSCLES . Preliminary Considerations . In relation to these phenomena there are two initial considerations which demand our attention . The first is , that all modes and forms of the contractile ...
... ALIMENTARY CANAL , AND IN VOLUN- TARY MUSCLES . Preliminary Considerations . In relation to these phenomena there are two initial considerations which demand our attention . The first is , that all modes and forms of the contractile ...
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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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