The Philosophy of Vital Motion |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 31
Page v
... conclude that there is one archetypal law in all created things , whether animate or inanimate . Heat , light , chemical affinity , electricity , motion , and other physical agencies , have also been found to be connected with each ...
... conclude that there is one archetypal law in all created things , whether animate or inanimate . Heat , light , chemical affinity , electricity , motion , and other physical agencies , have also been found to be connected with each ...
Page 7
... conclusion . It is found , indeed , that various inorganic solids are affected differently by heat , some being acted upon to a much greater extent than others : and this is sufficient to show that there may be a still further ...
... conclusion . It is found , indeed , that various inorganic solids are affected differently by heat , some being acted upon to a much greater extent than others : and this is sufficient to show that there may be a still further ...
Page 42
... pulmonary organs is much greater than in health . The conclusion from these facts is that the process of respiration is resisted by the vitality of the organism , and it would seem that the chief difference between this 42 OF VITAL MOTION .
... pulmonary organs is much greater than in health . The conclusion from these facts is that the process of respiration is resisted by the vitality of the organism , and it would seem that the chief difference between this 42 OF VITAL MOTION .
Page 58
... conclusion is necessary from the fact , that the walls of the alimentary canal alternately contract and dilate , when the contents are artificially removed , or when the passage is emptied . In the second place , a similar conclusion is ...
... conclusion is necessary from the fact , that the walls of the alimentary canal alternately contract and dilate , when the contents are artificially removed , or when the passage is emptied . In the second place , a similar conclusion is ...
Page 68
... conclusion , that the contractions of the uterus are owing to the withdrawal of that influ- ence which the living and growing fœtus exerts upon this organ . A similar objection opposes the notion that the urine stimulates contraction in ...
... conclusion , that the contractions of the uterus are owing to the withdrawal of that influ- ence which the living and growing fœtus exerts upon this organ . A similar objection opposes the notion that the urine stimulates contraction in ...
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
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
Popular passages
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.
Page 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...