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... dilated and congested with sap , ( vasa expansa , ) than in the places where the vascular calibre is contracted , and the contents evacuated ( vasa contracta ) . The variable sizes of the laticiferous tubes , which is characteristic of ...
... dilated and congested with sap , ( vasa expansa , ) than in the places where the vascular calibre is contracted , and the contents evacuated ( vasa contracta ) . The variable sizes of the laticiferous tubes , which is characteristic of ...
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Charles Bland Radcliffe. operation of organic heat . Where indeed a vessel is more dilated , there we may suppose molecular changes , which will necessitate a further dilatation , by which additional quantities of fluid will be attracted ...
Charles Bland Radcliffe. operation of organic heat . Where indeed a vessel is more dilated , there we may suppose molecular changes , which will necessitate a further dilatation , by which additional quantities of fluid will be attracted ...
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... dilated at the time of suspension , will in their turn take upon themselves a faculty of expansion and become centres ... dilatation . A second cause may also be found in the changes which have taken place in the contents of the dilated ...
... dilated at the time of suspension , will in their turn take upon themselves a faculty of expansion and become centres ... dilatation . A second cause may also be found in the changes which have taken place in the contents of the dilated ...
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Charles Bland Radcliffe. the dilated centres , for these contents may be supposed to be impoverished by having subserved to the nutri- tive wants of the part , and to have become on this account far less fitted to the performance of ...
Charles Bland Radcliffe. the dilated centres , for these contents may be supposed to be impoverished by having subserved to the nutri- tive wants of the part , and to have become on this account far less fitted to the performance of ...
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... dilatation , partly because its contents have been abstracted by neighbouring cells which are in process of development ; and partly because the same contents are less fitted to the gene- ration of heat after having subserved in some ...
... dilatation , partly because its contents have been abstracted by neighbouring cells which are in process of development ; and partly because the same contents are less fitted to the gene- ration of heat after having subserved in some ...
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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...