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... continues its mysterious beatings ? —will it give the clue to a hundred acts and movements which are distinctive of life , and which we are obliged to refer to an incomprehensible and potent essence which is shut up in every living body ...
... continues its mysterious beatings ? —will it give the clue to a hundred acts and movements which are distinctive of life , and which we are obliged to refer to an incomprehensible and potent essence which is shut up in every living body ...
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... continues until a thaw supervenes , when it gives place to an opposite process of absorption , of which the vigour and activity is directly related to the degree of warmth and heat . In other words , there are changes which seem to show ...
... continues until a thaw supervenes , when it gives place to an opposite process of absorption , of which the vigour and activity is directly related to the degree of warmth and heat . In other words , there are changes which seem to show ...
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... continues warm , or when the warmth is restored by immersion in the warm bath , but the con- trary is the result when the animal is cold . In the one case the operation succeeds , as it would appear , because the passages present little ...
... continues warm , or when the warmth is restored by immersion in the warm bath , but the con- trary is the result when the animal is cold . In the one case the operation succeeds , as it would appear , because the passages present little ...
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... continue so long as the supporting cells retain their integrity and are acted upon by warmth , and that they cease in opposite conditions ; and this being the case we may obtain some light as to the cause of these singular phenomena ...
... continue so long as the supporting cells retain their integrity and are acted upon by warmth , and that they cease in opposite conditions ; and this being the case we may obtain some light as to the cause of these singular phenomena ...
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... continues for a much shorter time after the ligature of the artery , than after the division of the nerve ; and we may infer , therefore , that so long as the circulation continues there may be a sufficient amount of vital activity to ...
... continues for a much shorter time after the ligature of the artery , than after the division of the nerve ; and we may infer , therefore , that so long as the circulation continues there may be a sufficient amount of vital activity to ...
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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...