Physiological Researches Upon Life and DeathSmith & Maxwell, 1809 - 300 Seiten |
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affection agitated animals with red aorta appears arteries ARTICLE asphixia auricle black blood blood communicates bodies brain capillary carotid cause ceases to act centre cerebral action cerebral nerves cessation chymical phenomena circulation cock colour commences communication connexion consequently considerations contact of black contrary degree destroyed diaphragm digestion diseases excitement exercise exhalation exist experiments external fluid fœtus ganglions habit heart with red impression influence injection intercostal intercostal muscles internal functions interruption intestines irritability latter less lives lungs lungs exercises manner mechanical phenomena membranes mode motions mucous nature nerves numerous nutrition observed organic contractibility organs of animal pain particularly passions penetrated perfection phrenic nerves portion principle produced prove pulmonary quantity receive red blood remarkable respiration seat SECTION sensations senses sensibility serous membranes sometimes species spleen stomach succeed sudden suddenly sympathetic syncope texture thoracic ganglion tion trachea trachea-arteria vascular system veins venous ventricle vessels violent viscera vital powers voluntary muscles
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Seite iv - Co. of the said district, have deposited in this office the title of a book, the right whereof they claim as proprietors, in the words following, to wit : " Tadeuskund, the Last King of the Lenape. An Historical Tale." In conformity to the Act of the Congress of the United States...
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Seite iv - An Act for the encouragement of learning, by securing the copies of maps, charts, and books, to the authors and proprietors of such copies during the times therein mentioned." And also to the act, entitled " An Act supplementary to an Act, entitled, " An Act for the encouragement of learning, by securing the copies of maps, charts, and books, to the authors and proprietors of such copies during the time therein mentioned," and extending the benefits thereof to the arts of designing, engraving, and...
Seite 68 - ... entering the lung is to build on shifting sand an edifice solid itself but which soon falls for lack of an assured base. This instability of the vital forces marks all vital phenomena with an irregularity which distinguishes them from physical phenomena remarkable for their uniformity. It is easy to see that the science of organized bodies should be treated in a manner quite different from those which have unorganized bodies for object.
Seite 37 - The action of the mind on each feeling of pain or pleasure, arising from a sensation, consists in a comparison between that sensation and those which have preceded it. The greater the difference between the actual and past impressions, the more ardent will be the feeling. That sensation would affect us most which we had never experienced before. "It follows, therefore, that our sensations make a greater or less impression upon us according to the frequency of their repetition, because the comparison...
Seite 113 - It is a fundamental law of the 45 distribution of vital powers,' says Bichat, ' that when they are increased in one part, they are diminished in all the rest of the living economy...
Seite 66 - The one constantly varying in their intenseness, energy, and development, often pass with rapidity from the lowest degree of prostration to the highest point of exaltation...
Seite 31 - ... night, dressed himself completely, and to the inexpressible terror of his lady, seized the bed, with her in it, carried it into an adjoining room and placed it on the hearth.
Seite 37 - ... frequency of their repetition, because the comparison becomes less sensible between their past and actual state. Every time that we see an object, hear a sound, or taste a dish, we find less difference between what we experience and what we have experienced. "The nature of pleasure and of pain is thus to destroy themselves, to cease to exist, because they have existed. The art of prolonging the duration of our enjoyments consists in varying their causes.
Seite 45 - ... immediate effects of the emotions and passions upon the organic system. He says : " Strict observation proves to us that the parts subservient to the internal functions are constantly affected by them, and are ever determined according to the state in which they may be. The effect of every kind of passion is to produce some change, some alteration in organic life. Anger accelerates the circulation, and increases, often in an incommensurable proportion, the effort of the heart ; it is on the force,...