British Encyclopedia: Or, Dictionary of Arts and Sciences, Comprising an Accurate and Popular View of the Present Improved State of Human Knowledge, Volume 10Mitchell, Ames, and White, 1821 |
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... called the science of organization , while physiology is the science of life . The two subjects are so closely connected , that they would be most advantageously considered in connection with each other . Hence the reader will find many ...
... called the science of organization , while physiology is the science of life . The two subjects are so closely connected , that they would be most advantageously considered in connection with each other . Hence the reader will find many ...
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... called , perceptibility , ) being excited by these impressions , influences the moving powers of the muscles , and de- termines the exercise of their contractili- ty . This property , subjected to the con- mand of the will , is ...
... called , perceptibility , ) being excited by these impressions , influences the moving powers of the muscles , and de- termines the exercise of their contractili- ty . This property , subjected to the con- mand of the will , is ...
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... called straining . The periods of voiding the excrement vary , from several causes : they are more frequent in the young sub- jects , where the stools are more liquid . In the adult they should not be less , in a healthy state , than ...
... called straining . The periods of voiding the excrement vary , from several causes : they are more frequent in the young sub- jects , where the stools are more liquid . In the adult they should not be less , in a healthy state , than ...
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... called the ultimum moriens . The blood , which re- turns by the vena cava after the last ex- piration , no longer finds the usual pas- sage through the lungs , which are con- tracted , but it is still urged on from be- hind by that ...
... called the ultimum moriens . The blood , which re- turns by the vena cava after the last ex- piration , no longer finds the usual pas- sage through the lungs , which are con- tracted , but it is still urged on from be- hind by that ...
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... called from their appear- ance , although in composition they differ considerably from water , chiefly in con- taining albumen ) . The humours of the eye , the tears , sweat , lymph of the cellu- lar substance , vapour of the thorax ...
... called from their appear- ance , although in composition they differ considerably from water , chiefly in con- taining albumen ) . The humours of the eye , the tears , sweat , lymph of the cellu- lar substance , vapour of the thorax ...
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