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... long continuance - a certain rigidity , parti- cularly in the flexors , by which the limbs are partly bent . The occurrence , also , of excito - motory con- tractions on irritation , and of rigor mortis , are OF VITAL MOTION . 75.
... long continuance - a certain rigidity , parti- cularly in the flexors , by which the limbs are partly bent . The occurrence , also , of excito - motory con- tractions on irritation , and of rigor mortis , are OF VITAL MOTION . 75.
Page 76
... limbs of a frog , after the division of the spinal cord , are more powerful than in an animal of similar magnitude and strength in which the cord is intact : an observation which is calculated to show in a very strong light the non ...
... limbs of a frog , after the division of the spinal cord , are more powerful than in an animal of similar magnitude and strength in which the cord is intact : an observation which is calculated to show in a very strong light the non ...
Page 79
... limbs continue a long time with little fatigue , it would appear that this faculty is to be partially ascribed to a peculiar ... limb until the collateral circulation is established . The nature of the relation which exists between the ...
... limbs continue a long time with little fatigue , it would appear that this faculty is to be partially ascribed to a peculiar ... limb until the collateral circulation is established . The nature of the relation which exists between the ...
Page 83
... limb is wearied and the action at an end , and when also the temperature is highest , the condition of the parts is much more nearly allied to relaxation than to any other state , while the fact that the increased heat continues for ...
... limb is wearied and the action at an end , and when also the temperature is highest , the condition of the parts is much more nearly allied to relaxation than to any other state , while the fact that the increased heat continues for ...
Page 84
... limbs , from the extremities towards the head . The latter current , which is particularly conspicuous in the hinder limbs of the frog , is of infinite importance in the interpretation of the influence of electricity in muscular action ...
... limbs , from the extremities towards the head . The latter current , which is particularly conspicuous in the hinder limbs of the frog , is of infinite importance in the interpretation of the influence of electricity in muscular action ...
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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...