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... result . If we do this , every phenomenon will be found to point to this truth ; and this truth , on the other hand , by enlarging our ideas to receive the comprehensiveness of nature , will enable us to advance far towards the ...
... result . If we do this , every phenomenon will be found to point to this truth ; and this truth , on the other hand , by enlarging our ideas to receive the comprehensiveness of nature , will enable us to advance far towards the ...
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... result is in harmony with that which marks the operation of the same agent in inanimate bodies , for these contract or expand according to the presence or absence of heat : and yet there is an important difference in the midst of this ...
... result is in harmony with that which marks the operation of the same agent in inanimate bodies , for these contract or expand according to the presence or absence of heat : and yet there is an important difference in the midst of this ...
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... result , the calibre being diminished or extended , as the case may be . Such , also , may be presumed to be the effect of heat in a vessel composed of the simpler organic fabrics , for we have already seen that the particles of these ...
... result , the calibre being diminished or extended , as the case may be . Such , also , may be presumed to be the effect of heat in a vessel composed of the simpler organic fabrics , for we have already seen that the particles of these ...
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... result of the operation of heat upon the substance . Even the formation of the cavity , by which the originally solid nucleus is converted into a hollow vesicle , may also be a part of the same process , for under the operation of an ...
... result of the operation of heat upon the substance . Even the formation of the cavity , by which the originally solid nucleus is converted into a hollow vesicle , may also be a part of the same process , for under the operation of an ...
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... result in contraction when the contents were wasted by nutrition , or wanted for the growth of other cells . Under similar circumstances , also , the same pro- cesses might be repeated a number of times . In each case we may suppose the ...
... result in contraction when the contents were wasted by nutrition , or wanted for the growth of other cells . Under similar circumstances , also , the same pro- cesses might be repeated a number of times . In each case we may suppose 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...