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 629
... produced by the 窨 reflux of the electric or nervous fluid moving along the nerves towards their origin , occafioned by the impulse of its objects or causes ? Or is this fluid expended , and drawn off , and fenfation the refult of the ...
... produced by the 窨 reflux of the electric or nervous fluid moving along the nerves towards their origin , occafioned by the impulse of its objects or causes ? Or is this fluid expended , and drawn off , and fenfation the refult of the ...
Page 639
... produces nearly the fame inattention to respira- tion ; hence the noftrils are drawn downwards , the mouth is half open for languid refpiration , fighs are frequent , the face is of a lead colour , and the lips are pale . We shall not ...
... produces nearly the fame inattention to respira- tion ; hence the noftrils are drawn downwards , the mouth is half open for languid refpiration , fighs are frequent , the face is of a lead colour , and the lips are pale . We shall not ...
Page 640
... produce vegetables and animals , all ma- chines of exquifite conftruction , at all times and every where arifing , being in the strictest regularity and asto- nishing profufion : tafting life , and by an established order , made ...
... produce vegetables and animals , all ma- chines of exquifite conftruction , at all times and every where arifing , being in the strictest regularity and asto- nishing profufion : tafting life , and by an established order , made ...
Page 645
... produce a light in the air , which at mid- day was brighter than the fun ? Could they make SAUL hear words from out of that light which were not heard by the rest of the company ? Could they make him blind for three days after that ...
... produce a light in the air , which at mid- day was brighter than the fun ? Could they make SAUL hear words from out of that light which were not heard by the rest of the company ? Could they make him blind for three days after that ...
Page 646
... produced by them . Yet the love of life and all its enjoyments , the fear of death and all its dreadful har- bingers , and the focial affections and all its endearments , would not have been fufficient securities for our carrying on the ...
... produced by them . Yet the love of life and all its enjoyments , the fear of death and all its dreadful har- bingers , and the focial affections and all its endearments , would not have been fufficient securities for our carrying on the ...
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againſt alfo almoſt alſo Athenians becauſe body breaſt caufes cauſe cloſe courſe darkneſs defire delight DEMOSTHENES diſcover effect eſcape eyes faid fame favage fays fcenes fecret fenfation fenfe fenfibility fhall fighs filence firft firſt fituation foldiers fome foon forrow foul ftate ftill fubject fuch fuffer fuppofe greateſt GYLIPPUS habit happineſs heart heaven HERMOCRATES herſelf himſelf honour houſe human increaſed intereſting itſelf juſt laft laſt lefs leſs light Lord Lord CHATHAM MAISON-ROUGE maſter meaſure mifery mind moft moſt muft muſt myſelf nature nerves NICIAS obferved optic nerve ourſelves paffed paffion pain perfons PETRARCH philofopher pleaſed pleaſure preſent priſoners propoſed PSAMMETICUS purpoſe raiſe reaſon reſpect ſay ſcene SECT ſee ſeems ſeveral ſhall ſhe ſhould ſmall ſome ſpeak ſpirit ſpot ſtate ſtill ſuch Syracufans taſte tears THEE thefe themſelves theſe thing thofe thoſe thou tion underſtanding uſeful whofe whoſe wiſdom
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