An Enquiry Into the Probability and Rationality of Mr. Hunter's Theory of Life: Being the Subject of the First Two Anatomical Lectures Delivered Before the Royal College of Surgeons, of LondonLongman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1814 - 95 pages |
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... principle of life may in some instances be suddenly removed , or have its power abolished , whilst in general it is lost by degrees . The contraction of irritability takes place in some animals in a very slow and gradual manner , and ...
... principle of life may in some instances be suddenly removed , or have its power abolished , whilst in general it is lost by degrees . The contraction of irritability takes place in some animals in a very slow and gradual manner , and ...
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... principle , pervading 1 all nature as has heretofore been sur- 3 1 mized , and denominated the Anima Mundi . The opinions which in former times were a justifiable hypothesis , seem to me now to be converted into a rational theory . " It ...
... principle , pervading 1 all nature as has heretofore been sur- 3 1 mized , and denominated the Anima Mundi . The opinions which in former times were a justifiable hypothesis , seem to me now to be converted into a rational theory . " It ...
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... principle , and mind , whilst some used words significant of intellect , to express the energizing principle in na- ture , without apparently having any elear ideas of intelligence . a What was called the Anima Mundi , was , however ...
... principle , and mind , whilst some used words significant of intellect , to express the energizing principle in na- ture , without apparently having any elear ideas of intelligence . a What was called the Anima Mundi , was , however ...
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... the Philosophical Transactions ; and Sir Everard Home has further shewn , that the living principle of nerves has an ir- ritability belonging to it . resembling that of muscles , and capable of causing a con- traction 71-
... the Philosophical Transactions ; and Sir Everard Home has further shewn , that the living principle of nerves has an ir- ritability belonging to it . resembling that of muscles , and capable of causing a con- traction 71-
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... shot through the body , or has a limb removed by a cannon ball ; occur- rences which have however happened with- out any distinct feeling intimating the event . * Croonian Lecture . In supposing a principle of life in nerves , similar 72.
... shot through the body , or has a limb removed by a cannon ball ; occur- rences which have however happened with- out any distinct feeling intimating the event . * Croonian Lecture . In supposing a principle of life in nerves , similar 72.
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Page 74 - ... to organization; they would then see equal reason to believe that mind might be superadded to life, as life is to structure. They would then indeed still farther perceive how mind and matter might reciprocally operate on each other by means of an intervening substance. Thus even would physiological researches enforce the...
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Page 14 - I think naturally conclude, that life does hot depend on organization. Mr. Hunter, who so patiently and accurately examined the different links of this great chain, which seems to connect even man with the common matter of the universe, was of this opinion. In speaking of the properties of life, he says, it is something that prevents...
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