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The want of a theory, deduced from such strict analogy, to conduct the practice of
medicine is lamented by its professors; for, as a great number of unconnected
facts are difficult to be acquired, and to be reasoned from, the art of medicine is in
...
The want of a theory, deduced from such strict analogy, to conduct the practice of
medicine is lamented by its professors; for, as a great number of unconnected
facts are difficult to be acquired, and to be reasoned from, the art of medicine is in
...
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... and elegantly classed; but their laws have not yet been developed from such
simple principles as those above mentioned; though it is probable, that they
depend on the. 6. mentioned; In this sense the stimulus of the blood produces the
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... and elegantly classed; but their laws have not yet been developed from such
simple principles as those above mentioned; though it is probable, that they
depend on the. 6. mentioned; In this sense the stimulus of the blood produces the
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The glands may be divided into three systems, the convoluted glands, such as
those above described, which separate bile, tears, saliva, &c. Secondly, the
glands without convolution, as the capillary vessels, which unite the terminations
of the ...
The glands may be divided into three systems, the convoluted glands, such as
those above described, which separate bile, tears, saliva, &c. Secondly, the
glands without convolution, as the capillary vessels, which unite the terminations
of the ...
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The ingenious Dr. Berkley and Mr. Hume have demonstrated, that such general
ideas have no existence in nature, not even in the mind of their celebrated
inventor. We shall therefore take for granted at present, that our recollection or ...
The ingenious Dr. Berkley and Mr. Hume have demonstrated, that such general
ideas have no existence in nature, not even in the mind of their celebrated
inventor. We shall therefore take for granted at present, that our recollection or ...
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So if a firestick be whirled round in the dark, a luminous circle appears to the
observer; if it be whirled somewhat slower, this circle becomes interrupted in one
part; and then the time taken up in such a revolution of the stick is the same that
the ...
So if a firestick be whirled round in the dark, a luminous circle appears to the
observer; if it be whirled somewhat slower, this circle becomes interrupted in one
part; and then the time taken up in such a revolution of the stick is the same that
the ...
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| Title | Zoonomia; Or, The Laws of Organic Life ... Volume 1 of Zoonomia; Or, The Laws of Organic Life, Erasmus Darwin |
| Author | Erasmus Darwin |
| Edition | 3 |
| Publisher | J. Johnson, 1801 |
| Length | 516 pages |
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