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... reason to doubt this conclusion . It is found , indeed , that various inorganic solids are affected differently by heat , some being acted upon to a much greater extent than others : and this is sufficient to show that there may be a ...
... reason to doubt this conclusion . It is found , indeed , that various inorganic solids are affected differently by heat , some being acted upon to a much greater extent than others : and this is sufficient to show that there may be a ...
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... reason why the remarkable changes of volume in the rudimentary tissues of the organism , under slight changes of temperature , may be nothing more than the natural and physical consequence of the constitution of these tissues . Such ...
... reason why the remarkable changes of volume in the rudimentary tissues of the organism , under slight changes of temperature , may be nothing more than the natural and physical consequence of the constitution of these tissues . Such ...
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... reason , also , that the more expanded portions should , in the first instance , be the seat of a more vigorous extrication of heat and consequent expansion , by which currents are determined towards them , so also we must grant the ...
... reason , also , that the more expanded portions should , in the first instance , be the seat of a more vigorous extrication of heat and consequent expansion , by which currents are determined towards them , so also we must grant the ...
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... reason the timber grown in dense forests is never so firm and hard as that which has been freely exposed to the sun . The granules of the substance allied to starch , which impart colour to plants , depend for their formation upon the ...
... reason the timber grown in dense forests is never so firm and hard as that which has been freely exposed to the sun . The granules of the substance allied to starch , which impart colour to plants , depend for their formation upon the ...
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... reason , the evaporation of fluids will be retarded , would seem also to be of similar sig- nificance ; for at this time we may suppose the under- ground portions of the plant to be relatively warmer and more expanded than the aërial ...
... reason , the evaporation of fluids will be retarded , would seem also to be of similar sig- nificance ; for at this time we may suppose the under- ground portions of the plant to be relatively warmer and more expanded than the aërial ...
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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...