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... causes . Let us treat unity as a reality and not as a fiction , and wait patiently for the result . If we do this , every phenomenon will be found to point to this truth ; and this truth , on the other hand , by enlarging our ideas to ...
... causes . Let us treat unity as a reality and not as a fiction , and wait patiently for the result . If we do this , every phenomenon will be found to point to this truth ; and this truth , on the other hand , by enlarging our ideas to ...
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... vital movement . They show that the motions in the tissues of the plant and animal , of which mention has been made , may be referred in part to causes that are not within the pale of life ; and also that 8 PRELIMINARY CONSIDERATIONS.
... vital movement . They show that the motions in the tissues of the plant and animal , of which mention has been made , may be referred in part to causes that are not within the pale of life ; and also that 8 PRELIMINARY CONSIDERATIONS.
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... causes of these several movements , we propose to commence our task with the study of the phenomena of cyclosis , for ... cause in agents which proceed from surrounding objects , and in agents which reside within the organism . 1. Of ...
... causes of these several movements , we propose to commence our task with the study of the phenomena of cyclosis , for ... cause in agents which proceed from surrounding objects , and in agents which reside within the organism . 1. Of ...
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... causes of vital movement must , of necessity , be different from those which determine motion in inanimate bodies , while we consider , on ordinary principles , the necessary effects of heat under these circum- stances . Motion is one ...
... causes of vital movement must , of necessity , be different from those which determine motion in inanimate bodies , while we consider , on ordinary principles , the necessary effects of heat under these circum- stances . Motion is one ...
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... cause of the primary act of absorption , for to fill the vacuum which is thus formed , it is evident that there must be a rushing inwards of aëriform or watery fluids from neighbouring parts - a phenomenon readily permitted by the ...
... cause of the primary act of absorption , for to fill the vacuum which is thus formed , it is evident that there must be a rushing inwards of aëriform or watery fluids from neighbouring parts - a phenomenon readily permitted by the ...
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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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