Caloric: Its Mechanical, Chemical, and Vital Agencies in the Phenomena of Nature, Volume 2W. Pickering, 1843 - Heat |
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Page 456
... depend ? How is it possible to counteract with certainty , those invo- luntary movements that constitute tetanus , hy- drophobia , and other forms of convulsive disease , without knowing the cause of muscular contrac- tion in a state of ...
... depend ? How is it possible to counteract with certainty , those invo- luntary movements that constitute tetanus , hy- drophobia , and other forms of convulsive disease , without knowing the cause of muscular contrac- tion in a state of ...
Page 474
... depend . An abundance of red blood was marked by a warm and sanguine temperament ; whereas , an excess of yellow bile produced the choleric tempera- ment , both of which were warm , and charac- terized by a high degree of vital energy ...
... depend . An abundance of red blood was marked by a warm and sanguine temperament ; whereas , an excess of yellow bile produced the choleric tempera- ment , both of which were warm , and charac- terized by a high degree of vital energy ...
Page 500
... depends on , if not identical with the electrical principle , or fluid , whatever that may be ; that the energy of parts depends on a something communicated to them by the nerves , in conjunction with the brain and spinal marrow ...
... depends on , if not identical with the electrical principle , or fluid , whatever that may be ; that the energy of parts depends on a something communicated to them by the nerves , in conjunction with the brain and spinal marrow ...
Page 511
... depends on the solvent power of gastric juice , it is a chemical process , by which dead matter is converted into chyme . And that it is owing chiefly to the agency of caloric , would appear from the fact , that the digestive function ...
... depends on the solvent power of gastric juice , it is a chemical process , by which dead matter is converted into chyme . And that it is owing chiefly to the agency of caloric , would appear from the fact , that the digestive function ...
Page 519
... depends on the repose of their particles . What they are when first aggregated , they remain until destroyed . They may be en- larged by accretion , and diminished by attrition , but they have no organs of nutrition , secretion , or ...
... depends on the repose of their particles . What they are when first aggregated , they remain until destroyed . They may be en- larged by accretion , and diminished by attrition , but they have no organs of nutrition , secretion , or ...
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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.
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Page 466 - The earth was without form, and void; and darkness was on the face of the deep.
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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.