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... manner - they remain erect and unfolded until evening , when they again close and droop ; and these alternations recur in this order so long as the characteristic sensitiveness is retained . In both cases , indeed , there is a manifest ...
... manner - they remain erect and unfolded until evening , when they again close and droop ; and these alternations recur in this order so long as the characteristic sensitiveness is retained . In both cases , indeed , there is a manifest ...
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... manner , and an opposite condition is induced by the operation of warmth . And so likewise in the vascular coats of erectile tissue . These instances furnish different points of view , from which we may regard all the principal forms of ...
... manner , and an opposite condition is induced by the operation of warmth . And so likewise in the vascular coats of erectile tissue . These instances furnish different points of view , from which we may regard all the principal forms of ...
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... 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 plant generally (circulation of the sap) PAGE.
... 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 plant generally (circulation of the sap) PAGE.
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... manner in the various forms of electromotory machines . These intercellular movements may be in part explained in this way , for there is no doubt of the existence of a tangential force in connexion with electricity , which under some ...
... manner in the various forms of electromotory machines . These intercellular movements may be in part explained in this way , for there is no doubt of the existence of a tangential force in connexion with electricity , which under some ...
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... manner , and are analogous in character ; and it is not necessary to attempt to determine what precise degree of import- ance belongs to either . The evidences , moreover , of the operation of any vital principle in the vegetable ...
... manner , and are analogous in character ; and it is not necessary to attempt to determine what precise degree of import- ance belongs to either . The evidences , moreover , of the operation of any vital principle in the vegetable ...
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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...