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... NATURE AND TREATMENT OF STOMACH EEICAL ETY . AND RENAL DISEASES . Fifth Edition . 8vo . 20s . 24WILLIAMS PRINCIPLES OF MEDICINE ; COMPREHENDING GENERAL PATHOLOGY AND THERAPEUTICS . Second Edition . 8vo . 14s . AHL 3. COOPER ON ...
... NATURE AND TREATMENT OF STOMACH EEICAL ETY . AND RENAL DISEASES . Fifth Edition . 8vo . 20s . 24WILLIAMS PRINCIPLES OF MEDICINE ; COMPREHENDING GENERAL PATHOLOGY AND THERAPEUTICS . Second Edition . 8vo . 14s . AHL 3. COOPER ON ...
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... NATURAL PHILOSOPHY . - Dr . G. BIRD , F. R. S. OPHTHALMIC MEDICINE . - WHARTON JONES , F. R. S. PHYSIOLOGY . - Dr . CARPENTER , F. R. S. POISONS . - Dr . TAYLOR , F. R. S. SURGERY . - Mr . FERGUSSON , F.R.S. THREE SPLENDIDLY ILLUSTRATED ...
... NATURAL PHILOSOPHY . - Dr . G. BIRD , F. R. S. OPHTHALMIC MEDICINE . - WHARTON JONES , F. R. S. PHYSIOLOGY . - Dr . CARPENTER , F. R. S. POISONS . - Dr . TAYLOR , F. R. S. SURGERY . - Mr . FERGUSSON , F.R.S. THREE SPLENDIDLY ILLUSTRATED ...
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... Nature , " I have endeavoured to realize that unity , or rò èv , which is said to ensoul the diver- sities of things , and bind them together in one . I have traced this principle in plant and animal , not merely as a vague generality ...
... Nature , " I have endeavoured to realize that unity , or rò èv , which is said to ensoul the diver- sities of things , and bind them together in one . I have traced this principle in plant and animal , not merely as a vague generality ...
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... nature is not a practical truth to be realized in the problems of every - day physiology . If there be this oneness of which you speak , it may be asked , how is it that the body is obedient to a law which is totally different to ...
... nature is not a practical truth to be realized in the problems of every - day physiology . If there be this oneness of which you speak , it may be asked , how is it that the body is obedient to a law which is totally different to ...
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... nature , will enable us to advance far towards the explanation of vital motion . If we do this , the move- ments of blood or other nutrient fluids in vessels independently of any cardiac impulse , the action of muscle , the beating of ...
... nature , will enable us to advance far towards the explanation of vital motion . If we do this , the move- ments of blood or other nutrient fluids in vessels independently of any cardiac impulse , the action of muscle , the beating of ...
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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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