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... character ; for in the higher textures , such as muscle , the influence of this class of agents is greatly masked by the workings of inherent vitality . In the simple tissues , however , there is no obscurity . In the sensitive plant ...
... character ; for in the higher textures , such as muscle , the influence of this class of agents is greatly masked by the workings of inherent vitality . In the simple tissues , however , there is no obscurity . In the sensitive plant ...
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... character of the phenomenon . It may be observed , also , that the solids in question are composed of several elements , as oxygen , hydrogen , nitrogen , and carbon , which for the most part remain gaseous when in an uncombined state ...
... character of the phenomenon . It may be observed , also , that the solids in question are composed of several elements , as oxygen , hydrogen , nitrogen , and carbon , which for the most part remain gaseous when in an uncombined state ...
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... character , inasmuch as it is exhibited when the sub- jects of it are removed altogether from the operations of vitality . This hygroscopic property , therefore , is another reason why the remarkable changes of volume in the rudimentary ...
... character , inasmuch as it is exhibited when the sub- jects of it are removed altogether from the operations of vitality . This hygroscopic property , therefore , is another reason why the remarkable changes of volume in the rudimentary ...
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... character , perhaps , than heat , but still related to this and the other physical agents , just as the several prismatic colours in light are related to each other , all being varying aspects of one central principle . It is difficult ...
... character , perhaps , than heat , but still related to this and the other physical agents , just as the several prismatic colours in light are related to each other , all being varying aspects of one central principle . It is difficult ...
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... character ; and it is not necessary to attempt to determine what precise degree of import- ance belongs to either . The evidences , moreover , of the operation of any vital principle in the vegetable economy are too ob- scure to allow ...
... character ; and it is not necessary to attempt to determine what precise degree of import- ance belongs to either . The evidences , moreover , of the operation of any vital principle in the vegetable economy are too ob- scure to allow ...
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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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Page 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.
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