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... state under the influence of warmth , inasmuch as this action must be supposed to be common to all the rudimentary tissues of the economy . In this way , then , we obtain evidence of the operation of external RESPECTING VITAL MOTION . 5.
... state under the influence of warmth , inasmuch as this action must be supposed to be common to all the rudimentary tissues of the economy . In this way , then , we obtain evidence of the operation of external RESPECTING VITAL MOTION . 5.
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Charles Bland Radcliffe. then , we obtain evidence of the operation of external agents in the phenomena of vital motion , and learn at the same time the mode of action , so far at least as that force is concerned which is most intimately ...
Charles Bland Radcliffe. then , we obtain evidence of the operation of external agents in the phenomena of vital motion , and learn at the same time the mode of action , so far at least as that force is concerned which is most intimately ...
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... evidence of a partial dependence upon the influence we designate as heat . Let us begin our examination , then , by inquiring into the manner in which this physical agent may be concerned in these changes 14 OF VITAL MOTION . In the ...
... evidence of a partial dependence upon the influence we designate as heat . Let us begin our examination , then , by inquiring into the manner in which this physical agent may be concerned in these changes 14 OF VITAL MOTION . In the ...
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... way the layers may be regarded as relics which give evidence of slow periodical changes in these cells , analogous , in some degree , to the more realized movements of the fugitive hearts of the laticiferous web of 22 OF VITAL MOTION .
... way the layers may be regarded as relics which give evidence of slow periodical changes in these cells , analogous , in some degree , to the more realized movements of the fugitive hearts of the laticiferous web of 22 OF VITAL MOTION .
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... evidence which will gradually come under notice . 2. Of intra - organic force as the agent in cellular movements . As in the phenomena of cyclosis , it is probable that in this case there are internal physical agencies which In the ...
... evidence which will gradually come under notice . 2. Of intra - organic force as the agent in cellular movements . As in the phenomena of cyclosis , it is probable that in this case there are internal physical agencies which In the ...
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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...