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... necessary after the animal has escaped from the shell . In the perfect state there is a sensi- tive and intelligent principle by which the actions are regulated and governed , but this does not supersede the foreign powers which acted ...
... necessary after the animal has escaped from the shell . In the perfect state there is a sensi- tive and intelligent principle by which the actions are regulated and governed , but this does not supersede the foreign powers which acted ...
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... necessary to examine it in relation to cosmical as well as to organic force , - or rather in relation to the forces which originate within and without the organism -- for we find , on the one hand , that cosmical force pervades the ...
... necessary to examine it in relation to cosmical as well as to organic force , - or rather in relation to the forces which originate within and without the organism -- for we find , on the one hand , that cosmical force pervades the ...
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... necessary to the wants of the economy must find entrance by other channels . In the lower cellular plants , also , which are adherent to dry and barren rocks , the surface which exercises the function of absorption is that which ...
... necessary to the wants of the economy must find entrance by other channels . In the lower cellular plants , also , which are adherent to dry and barren rocks , the surface which exercises the function of absorption is that which ...
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... necessary effects of heat under these circum- stances . Motion is one of the effects of heat in ordinary matter , repulsion of the particles marking the com- munication , and attraction the withdrawal , of the influence . If the body ...
... necessary effects of heat under these circum- stances . Motion is one of the effects of heat in ordinary matter , repulsion of the particles marking the com- munication , and attraction the withdrawal , of the influence . If the body ...
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... necessary effect of the increased warmth of the season . It does not appear , however , by what means the solar heat can be concerned in the production of the focal movements by which the latex is agitated , for this agency operates ...
... necessary effect of the increased warmth of the season . It does not appear , however , by what means the solar heat can be concerned in the production of the focal movements by which the latex is agitated , for this agency operates ...
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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...