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... 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 organism and constitutes part of its vitality , and , on the other ...
... 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 organism and constitutes part of its vitality , and , on the other ...
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... organic . And this shall be the subject of our present chapter . As we might anticipate , the parts of the plant or animal which respond most readily to extra- organic agents , are those which are simple and rudi- mentary in their ...
... organic . And this shall be the subject of our present chapter . As we might anticipate , the parts of the plant or animal which respond most readily to extra- organic agents , are those which are simple and rudi- mentary in their ...
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... organic solids , under trifling changes of temperature , than in any other bodies . Under no higher degree of heat than what is expressed by the term warmth , the fibrils of the areolar covering of the body are greatly elongated ...
... organic solids , under trifling changes of temperature , than in any other bodies . Under no higher degree of heat than what is expressed by the term warmth , the fibrils of the areolar covering of the body are greatly elongated ...
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... organic substances , without any departure from the mere physical character of the phenomenon . It may be observed , also , that the solids in question are composed of several elements , as oxygen , hydrogen , nitrogen , and carbon ...
... organic substances , without any departure from the mere physical character of the phenomenon . It may be observed , also , that the solids in question are composed of several elements , as oxygen , hydrogen , nitrogen , and carbon ...
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... organic substances , which is illustrated in the expansion or contraction of the belts of sea - wrack which occasionally serve as hygrometers , or in the shortening or lengthening of a lady's ringlets , according to the moisture of the ...
... organic substances , which is illustrated in the expansion or contraction of the belts of sea - wrack which occasionally serve as hygrometers , or in the shortening or lengthening of a lady's ringlets , according to the moisture of 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.
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...