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... OF B. OF VITAL MOVEMENTS SUCH AS ARE SEEN IN THE IRRITABLE TUMOURS OF THE SENSITIVE PLANT , IN THE COATS OF THE ALIMENTARY CANAL , AND IN VOLUNTARY MUSCLES • 32 • • 49 2383 33 52 SECTION I. IN THE IRRITABLE TUMOURS OF THE SENSITIVE PLANT.
... OF B. OF VITAL MOVEMENTS SUCH AS ARE SEEN IN THE IRRITABLE TUMOURS OF THE SENSITIVE PLANT , IN THE COATS OF THE ALIMENTARY CANAL , AND IN VOLUNTARY MUSCLES • 32 • • 49 2383 33 52 SECTION I. IN THE IRRITABLE TUMOURS OF THE SENSITIVE PLANT.
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... MUSCLES • · I. In the coats of the alimentary canal , & c . II . In the voluntary muscles · PAGE 52 56 62 · 71 CHAPTER IV . C. OF VITAL MOVEMENTS IN THE HEART . 106 CHAPTER V. OF THE NERVOUS INFLUENCE AS AN AGENT IN VITAL MOVEMENT ...
... MUSCLES • · I. In the coats of the alimentary canal , & c . II . In the voluntary muscles · PAGE 52 56 62 · 71 CHAPTER IV . C. OF VITAL MOVEMENTS IN THE HEART . 106 CHAPTER V. OF THE NERVOUS INFLUENCE AS AN AGENT IN VITAL MOVEMENT ...
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... muscular action ? -will it tell us why the heart 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 ...
... muscular action ? -will it tell us why the heart 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 ...
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... muscle , the beating of the heart , and many other mysteries of life , will no longer perplex us , for each will interpret the other , and all will refer to a common law - cosmical - one . 4 , Henrietta - street , Cavendish - square ...
... muscle , the beating of the heart , and many other mysteries of life , will no longer perplex us , for each will interpret the other , and all will refer to a common law - cosmical - one . 4 , Henrietta - street , Cavendish - square ...
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... muscle , the influence of this class of agents is greatly masked by the workings of inherent vitality . In the simple tissues , however , there is no obscurity . In the sensitive plant , for example the cellular cushions which move the ...
... muscle , the influence of this class of agents is greatly masked by the workings of inherent vitality . In the simple tissues , however , there is no obscurity . In the sensitive plant , for example the cellular cushions which move 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.
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