The Economy of the Animal Kingdom, Considered Anatomically, Physically, and Philosophically, Volume 1W. Newbery, 1845 - Physiology |
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... become comparatively distinct , and at length are presented to the tribunal of the ra- tional mind ; whence it is not till late in life that we become ra- tional beings . In this manner , by degrees , a passage is effected to the soul ...
... become comparatively distinct , and at length are presented to the tribunal of the ra- tional mind ; whence it is not till late in life that we become ra- tional beings . In this manner , by degrees , a passage is effected to the soul ...
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... become effaced from their notice , and unfold such as are complicated or perplexed . Those who are born with this felicity of talent , and after- ward proceed in due order to its development , the more pro- foundly they penetrate into ...
... become effaced from their notice , and unfold such as are complicated or perplexed . Those who are born with this felicity of talent , and after- ward proceed in due order to its development , the more pro- foundly they penetrate into ...
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... becoming swollen , the powers of thought are dulled , and the whole scene of action in their theatre changed . In ... become retrograde instead of progressive . A limit is put to its operations , which its pos- sessor imagines to be ...
... becoming swollen , the powers of thought are dulled , and the whole scene of action in their theatre changed . In ... become retrograde instead of progressive . A limit is put to its operations , which its pos- sessor imagines to be ...
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... becomes dark red , or blackish . The red globules , he says , are 25,000 times smaller than a grain of sand . ( Ibid . , n . 106 , p . 122. ) He observed that in a tadpole the par- ticles of blood were flat and oval , and that sometimes ...
... becomes dark red , or blackish . The red globules , he says , are 25,000 times smaller than a grain of sand . ( Ibid . , n . 106 , p . 122. ) He observed that in a tadpole the par- ticles of blood were flat and oval , and that sometimes ...
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... become black , the globules were more crowded , and lying one upon another . In those parts where the blood was more diluted , or less red , the globules were fewer , and farther apart from each other ; so that we could not doubt that ...
... become black , the globules were more crowded , and lying one upon another . In those parts where the blood was more diluted , or less red , the globules were fewer , and farther apart from each other ; so that we could not doubt that ...
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according action animal animatory aorta appears arise arteries and veins azygos blood-vessels body brain branches cardiac cardiac plexus cause cavity cerebellum cerebrum circulation color consequently constriction continuous coronary arteries coronary veins coronary vessels cortical degree diastole dura mater expanded external extremities fascicles fleshy ducts flows foramen ovale force ganglion glands globules heart Hence Ibid intercostal nerve jugular veins lacunæ Lancisi larger left auricle left ventricle liquid lungs Malpighi manner medulla medulla oblongata membrane mode motion motive fibres muscles muscular nature nervous fibre observed orifices particles passes plexus proper pulmonary artery pulmonary vein pulsation purer blood quantity reason red blood right auricle right ventricle salts sanguineous says septum serum shew shewn side sinus sinuses spherules spinal marrow spirituous fluid substance surface systole tendons things tion trachea tricle trunk tube tunic twigs umbilical vagum valves vena cava venous vertebral vesicles Vieussens volatile whole
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Page 1 - The blood is as it were the complex of all things that exist in the world, and the storehouse and seminary of all that exist in the body.
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Page 2 - ... things were created for the purpose of administering to the composition and continued renewal of the blood. For if all things exist for the sake of man, and with a view to afford him the conditions and means of living, then all things exist for the sake of the blood, which is the parent and nourisher of every part of the body; for nothing exists in the body that has not previously existed in the blood.