Caloric: Its Mechanical, Chemical, and Vital Agencies in the Phenomena of Nature, Volume 2W. Pickering, 1843 - Heat |
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Page 555
... bath , the surface of the body assumes a purple hue , as when exposed to a very cold atmosphere ; but if transferred to a warm bath , the skin changes to a bright scarlet colour . It is , there- fore , obvious that the arterial blood of ...
... bath , the surface of the body assumes a purple hue , as when exposed to a very cold atmosphere ; but if transferred to a warm bath , the skin changes to a bright scarlet colour . It is , there- fore , obvious that the arterial blood of ...
Page 607
... bath , when the circulation is languid , genial tonics , and suitable nourishment . A still more important requisite is , to prevent that fatal condition of the blood which constitutes the leading symptom in all malignant diseases ; for ...
... bath , when the circulation is languid , genial tonics , and suitable nourishment . A still more important requisite is , to prevent that fatal condition of the blood which constitutes the leading symptom in all malignant diseases ; for ...
Page 613
... bath of mercury , at the temperature of 30 ° below 0 ° ? One spasmodic effort would close the scene , -and there would not be a drop of living blood in the system . Where then would be " the vital spark of heavenly flame " -the Archeus ...
... bath of mercury , at the temperature of 30 ° below 0 ° ? One spasmodic effort would close the scene , -and there would not be a drop of living blood in the system . Where then would be " the vital spark of heavenly flame " -the Archeus ...
Page 618
... bath , the pulsations of the heart are aug- mented from seventy or eighty to one hundred and forty or more per minute , which is also the case during the hot stage of inflammatory fever . On the other hand , when reduced below the na ...
... bath , the pulsations of the heart are aug- mented from seventy or eighty to one hundred and forty or more per minute , which is also the case during the hot stage of inflammatory fever . On the other hand , when reduced below the na ...
Page 619
... bath , during , or rather before , the commencement of the cold stage that ushers in nearly all diseases ? The managers of the Royal Humane Society have already an- swered this question , by employing the warm bath in cases of suspended ...
... bath , during , or rather before , the commencement of the cold stage that ushers in nearly all diseases ? The managers of the Royal Humane Society have already an- swered this question , by employing the warm bath in cases of suspended ...
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according action active æther Africa aliment amount of caloric ancient animal heat apoplexy arterial blood Asia atmosphere augmented birds blooded animals body bowels brain caloric capillaries carbon and hydrogen carbonic acid cause cent ceteris paribus chemical chiefly cholera chyle chyme circulation climates coagulation cold stage colour Cullen Davy death deranged diminished disease Europe exertion experiments exposure fact fever fibrin fluid functions greater greatly heart Hippocrates hydrogen hydrophobia impaired inflammation influence less Liebig living lungs maintained mammalia matter minutes motion muscles muscular natural standard nearly nerves nervous system nitrogen nourishment observed organs owing oxygen perature physiologists pleurisy portion principle produced proportion quantity reason regard respiration sanguification secretion shewn sleep solids spasmodic species stomach summer symptoms temperament temperature tetanus theory thorax tion tissues tropical typhus vegetable venous blood vessels vital energy vital properties warm bath winter yellow fever
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Page 472 - Ring out, ye crystal spheres ! Once bless our human ears (If ye have power to touch our senses so), And let your silver chime Move in melodious time ; And let the bass of heaven's deep organ blow; And with your ninefold harmony Make up full consort to the angelic symphony.
Page 460 - Let us adore the supremacy of that divine Sun, the Godhead, who illuminates all, who recreates all, from whom all proceed, to whom all must return, whom we invoke to direct our understandings aright in our progress towards his holy seat.
Page 452 - An active Principle : — howe'er removed From sense and observation, it subsists In all things, in all natures; in the stars Of azure heaven, the unenduring clouds, In flower and tree, in every pebbly stone That paves the brooks, the stationary rocks, The moving waters, and the invisible air. Whate'er exists hath properties that spread Beyond itself, communicating good, A simple blessing, or with evil mixed; Spirit that knows no insulated spot, No chasm, no solitude; from link to link It circulates,...
Page 466 - The earth was without form, and void; and darkness was on the face of the deep.
Page 613 - That, changed through all, and yet in all the same; Great in the earth, as in the ethereal frame; Warms in the sun, refreshes in the breeze, Glows in the stars, and blossoms in the trees; Lives through all life, extends through all extent; Spreads undivided, operates unspent!
Page 467 - Ante mare et terras et quod tegit omnia caelum 5 unus erat toto naturae vultus in orbe, quem dixere chaos : rudis indigestaque moles nee quicquam nisi pondus iners congestaque eodem non bene iunctarum discordia semina rerum.
Page 1080 - Hail, great physician of the world, all hail; Hail, mighty infant, who in years to come Shalt heal the nations and defraud the tomb; Swift be thy growth! thy triumphs unconfined!
Page 904 - Consequently, if in consequence of a diseased transformation of living tissues, a greater amount of force be generated than is required for the production of the normal motions, it is seen in an acceleration of all or some of the involuntary motions, as well as in a higher temperature of the diseased part.
Page 1037 - Such, however, is, at the same time, the nature of the animal economy, that this debility proves an indirect stimulus to the sanguiferous system ; whence, by the intervention of the cold stage and spasm connected with it, the action of the heart and larger arteries is increased, and continues so till it has had the effect of restoring the energy of the brain, of extending this energy to the extreme vessels, of restoring...
Page 529 - See dying vegetables life sustain, See life dissolving, vegetate again : All forms that perish other forms supply, (By turns we catch the vital breath, and die,) Like bubbles on the sea of matter borne, They rise, they break, and to that sea return.