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... pass into an oppo- site state under the influence of warmth , inasmuch as this action must be supposed to be common to all the rudimentary tissues of the economy . In this way , then , we obtain evidence of the operation of external ...
... pass into an oppo- site state under the influence of warmth , inasmuch as this action must be supposed to be common to all the rudimentary tissues of the economy . In this way , then , we obtain evidence of the operation of external ...
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... pass into an aëriform condition , —and hence it may be supposed that such solids will undergo a greater change of volume under the action of heat than an inorganic substance , in which the constitution is simple and the molecular ...
... pass into an aëriform condition , —and hence it may be supposed that such solids will undergo a greater change of volume under the action of heat than an inorganic substance , in which the constitution is simple and the molecular ...
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... pass from the roots , through the fibres and ducts of the newly - formed woody zones of the stem , to the upper ... passing at the same time inwardly and horizon- tally through the tissues which form the medullary rays . " Very little of ...
... pass from the roots , through the fibres and ducts of the newly - formed woody zones of the stem , to the upper ... passing at the same time inwardly and horizon- tally through the tissues which form the medullary rays . " Very little of ...
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... pass without difficulty through organic membranes , except these be thickened and altered by solid deposits . During the winter , however , or , at any rate , in times of severe frost , ( as we learn from M. Biot , ) the sap of the same ...
... pass without difficulty through organic membranes , except these be thickened and altered by solid deposits . During the winter , however , or , at any rate , in times of severe frost , ( as we learn from M. Biot , ) the sap of the same ...
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... by the heat , and vacua produced , into which fluids may be supposed to rush . The agent , also , which produces the expansion will vaporize a large quantity of these fluids , and the vapours , passing off into the 28 OF VITAL MOTION .
... by the heat , and vacua produced , into which fluids may be supposed to rush . The agent , also , which produces the expansion will vaporize a large quantity of these fluids , and the vapours , passing off into the 28 OF VITAL MOTION .
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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...