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... 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 character ; for in the higher textures , such as ...
... 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 character ; for in the higher textures , such as ...
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... present everywhere in less abundance ; and between these fibres and those which enter into the composition of the vascular coats , there is a direct and immediate gradation . Each form , indeed , is transitional to the other , and the ...
... present everywhere in less abundance ; and between these fibres and those which enter into the composition of the vascular coats , there is a direct and immediate gradation . Each form , indeed , is transitional to the other , and the ...
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... agencies which are correlative of heat- namely , light , electricity , and the rest - and therefore we leave our present point of view , and proceed to study the phenomena of cyclosis in relation to the agents 16 OF VITAL MOTION .
... agencies which are correlative of heat- namely , light , electricity , and the rest - and therefore we leave our present point of view , and proceed to study the phenomena of cyclosis in relation to the agents 16 OF VITAL MOTION .
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... present . We know from the history of the animal economy that the production of organic heat will be commen- surate with the molecular changes of the nutrient fluid , and the solid textures in relation to this fluid ; and hence we may ...
... present . We know from the history of the animal economy that the production of organic heat will be commen- surate with the molecular changes of the nutrient fluid , and the solid textures in relation to this fluid ; and hence we may ...
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... present stage of our inquiry we may only hope to obtain presumptive arguments , for those which furnish demonstration and conviction have to be reared by a tedious cumulative process , which will not be complete until all the phenomena ...
... present stage of our inquiry we may only hope to obtain presumptive arguments , for those which furnish demonstration and conviction have to be reared by a tedious cumulative process , which will not be complete until all the phenomena ...
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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...