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... excited into action by the ftimulus of the aliment we fwallow , but which becomes occafionally inverted or retrograde , as in vomiting , and in the iliac paffion . II . 1. The word fenforium in the following pages is defigned to exprefs ...
... excited into action by the ftimulus of the aliment we fwallow , but which becomes occafionally inverted or retrograde , as in vomiting , and in the iliac paffion . II . 1. The word fenforium in the following pages is defigned to exprefs ...
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... excited by irritation , we do not mean that the motion bears any proportion to the mechanical impulfe of the ftimulus ; nor that it is affected by the general gravitation of the two bodies ; nor by their chemical properties ; but folely ...
... excited by irritation , we do not mean that the motion bears any proportion to the mechanical impulfe of the ftimulus ; nor that it is affected by the general gravitation of the two bodies ; nor by their chemical properties ; but folely ...
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... excited by thofe external objects , at the time we became acquainted with them ; and that our reflex ideas of the operations of our minds are partial repetitions of thofe operations . II . The following article evinces that the organ of ...
... excited by thofe external objects , at the time we became acquainted with them ; and that our reflex ideas of the operations of our minds are partial repetitions of thofe operations . II . The following article evinces that the organ of ...
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... excited into animal motion . III . The fubfequent articles fhew , that neither mechanical impreffions , nor chemical combina- tions of light , but that the animal activity of the retina conftitutes vifion . 1. Much has been conjectured ...
... excited into animal motion . III . The fubfequent articles fhew , that neither mechanical impreffions , nor chemical combina- tions of light , but that the animal activity of the retina conftitutes vifion . 1. Much has been conjectured ...
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... excited by the ftimulus of external objects : and in our waking hours the fimple ideas , that we call up by recollection or by imagination , as the colour of red , or the fmell of a rofe , are exact refemblances of the fame fimple ideas ...
... excited by the ftimulus of external objects : and in our waking hours the fimple ideas , that we call up by recollection or by imagination , as the colour of red , or the fmell of a rofe , are exact refemblances of the fame fimple ideas ...
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abforbent action affociation alfo animal motions appears arteries attended averfion becauſe become birds blood body cafes catenations caufe ceafes chyle circumftance clofed cold colour confequence confifts conftitute defcribed defire difagreeable difeafes diftinguish excited exertion exift external eyes faid fame fecond fecreted feem feen fenfation fenfe of touch fenfibility fenforial power fenforium fenfual motions fevers fhould fibres filk fimilar firft fituation fkin fleep fluid fmall fmell folidity fome fometimes foon fpirit of animation frequently ftate ftill ftimulus ftomach fubject fucceeded fucceeds fuch fuppofed fyftem glands heat hence increaſed inftances inteftines irritative ideas irritative motions lacteals lefs librate lymphatics moft mouth mufcles mufcular motions muft muſcles neceffary neft nerves obferved objects occafioned opium organs of fenfe paffing paffion perception perfon pleaſure or pain poffefs prefent produced reafon refemble refpect retina retrograde motions reverie Sect thefe themfelves theſe thofe thoſe tion torpor ufual veffels vertigo vifion volition voluntary whilft