Medical Extracts: On the Nature of Health, with Practical Observations and the Laws of the Nervous and Fibrous Systems by a Friend to Improvements, Volume 41797 |
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Page 638
... action through the whole extent of the minute ramifications of that nerve : but , on the contrary , ftimuli do not affect the heart , inteftines , & c . when applied on the nerves above the GAN- GLIONS , but acting just below them ...
... action through the whole extent of the minute ramifications of that nerve : but , on the contrary , ftimuli do not affect the heart , inteftines , & c . when applied on the nerves above the GAN- GLIONS , but acting just below them ...
Page 643
... actions ; that any impulfe of the mind are to direct us against the light of our reafon and the laws of nature ; or any of those wicked tenets by which the peace of fociety has been often difturbed , and the rules of mora- lity often ...
... actions ; that any impulfe of the mind are to direct us against the light of our reafon and the laws of nature ; or any of those wicked tenets by which the peace of fociety has been often difturbed , and the rules of mora- lity often ...
Page 650
... action , yet it is beyond the highest degree of credulity , to fuppofe it could continue this regularity for any time . But we find it remains throughout life in- dependent of our will ; and the fame inceffant vital ac- tions have been ...
... action , yet it is beyond the highest degree of credulity , to fuppofe it could continue this regularity for any time . But we find it remains throughout life in- dependent of our will ; and the fame inceffant vital ac- tions have been ...
Page 665
... actions , according as they are more or less rectified and swayed by reason . When one hears of Begroes , who upon the death of their mafters , or upon changing their fervice , hang themselves upon the next tree , as it frequently ...
... actions , according as they are more or less rectified and swayed by reason . When one hears of Begroes , who upon the death of their mafters , or upon changing their fervice , hang themselves upon the next tree , as it frequently ...
Page 670
... action than his voice . He had a large looking - glass in his house , which served to teach him gefture , and at which he used to de- claim , before he spoke in public . To correct a fault of shrugging up his shoulders , he practised ...
... action than his voice . He had a large looking - glass in his house , which served to teach him gefture , and at which he used to de- claim , before he spoke in public . To correct a fault of shrugging up his shoulders , he practised ...
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