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... connected with each other , and with the more recon- dite vital influences , as correlative aspects of one central force ; so that the unity of creation is reflected in force as well as form . And finally , this principle has seemed to ...
... connected with each other , and with the more recon- dite vital influences , as correlative aspects of one central force ; so that the unity of creation is reflected in force as well as form . And finally , this principle has seemed to ...
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... connected with , and in some degree deter- mined by , ordinary heat , and on further examination we find no reason to doubt this conclusion . It is found , indeed , that various inorganic solids are affected differently by heat , some ...
... connected with , and in some degree deter- mined by , ordinary heat , and on further examination we find no reason to doubt this conclusion . It is found , indeed , that various inorganic solids are affected differently by heat , some ...
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... connected , and at the same time banish the notion that the 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 ...
... connected , and at the same time banish the notion that the 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 ...
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... connected with genesis : how and by what means is not easy to decide , but still we may obtain much information if we study the fact attentively . Light , it may be said , involves a certain clearness of the atmosphere and absence from ...
... connected with genesis : how and by what means is not easy to decide , but still we may obtain much information if we study the fact attentively . Light , it may be said , involves a certain clearness of the atmosphere and absence from ...
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... connected with them , there is a single heart and a perfect circulation . In this movement the heart is undoubtedly the prime agent , but it is not less true , that the vessels , and especially the smaller ones , possess an important ...
... connected with them , there is a single heart and a perfect circulation . In this movement the heart is undoubtedly the prime agent , but it is not less true , that the vessels , and especially the smaller ones , possess an important ...
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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.
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...