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... student for the other arguments which bear upon this subject . At present , however , we have only to do with physiological facts and considerations ; and these , we may observe , are of such a character as to allow us to suppose an ...
... student for the other arguments which bear upon this subject . At present , however , we have only to do with physiological facts and considerations ; and these , we may observe , are of such a character as to allow us to suppose an ...
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... students which are respectively stamped by parents and teachers . The connexion of feelings with a foreign impulse is very obvious . A glance of the eye , or an expression of countenance , is sufficient to enkindle a corresponding ...
... students which are respectively stamped by parents and teachers . The connexion of feelings with a foreign impulse is very obvious . A glance of the eye , or an expression of countenance , is sufficient to enkindle a corresponding ...
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... student engaged in dissecting , and to the surgeon at a distance from the means of keeping up his anatomical knowledge . " - Medical Times . PORTRAITS OF SKIN DISEASES . By ERASMUS WILSON , F.R.S. Fasciculi I. to VIII . , 20s . each ...
... student engaged in dissecting , and to the surgeon at a distance from the means of keeping up his anatomical knowledge . " - Medical Times . PORTRAITS OF SKIN DISEASES . By ERASMUS WILSON , F.R.S. Fasciculi I. to VIII . , 20s . each ...
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... student has now all that he can desire in one neat , concise , and well - digested volume . The elements of natural philosophy are explained in very simple language , and illustrated by numerous wood - cuts . " - Medical Gazette ...
... student has now all that he can desire in one neat , concise , and well - digested volume . The elements of natural philosophy are explained in very simple language , and illustrated by numerous wood - cuts . " - Medical Gazette ...
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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...