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Of the four Classes of Fibrous Motions. Of irritative Motions. - Of Sensitive Motions
. Of Voluntary Motions. Of Associate Motions. - Additional Observations on the
Sensorial Powers. - - Of Stimulus, Sensorial Exertion, and Fbrous Contračtion.
Of the four Classes of Fibrous Motions. Of irritative Motions. - Of Sensitive Motions
. Of Voluntary Motions. Of Associate Motions. - Additional Observations on the
Sensorial Powers. - - Of Stimulus, Sensorial Exertion, and Fbrous Contračtion.
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The changes which occasionally take place in the sensorium, as during the
exertions of volition, or the sensations of pleasure or pain, are termed sensorial
motions. - 2. The similarity of the texture of the brain to that of the pancreas, and
some ...
The changes which occasionally take place in the sensorium, as during the
exertions of volition, or the sensations of pleasure or pain, are termed sensorial
motions. - 2. The similarity of the texture of the brain to that of the pancreas, and
some ...
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... as is common in the exertions of our muscles. Thus when we are tired with long
ačtion of our arms in one direction, as in holding a bridle on a journey, we
oceafionally throw them into an opposite position to relieve the fatigued muscles.
... as is common in the exertions of our muscles. Thus when we are tired with long
ačtion of our arms in one direction, as in holding a bridle on a journey, we
oceafionally throw them into an opposite position to relieve the fatigued muscles.
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Mr. Locke has defined an idea to be “whatever is present to the mind;" but this
would include the exertions of volition, and the sensations of pleasure and pain,
as well as those operations of our system, which acquaint us with external
objects; ...
Mr. Locke has defined an idea to be “whatever is present to the mind;" but this
would include the exertions of volition, and the sensations of pleasure and pain,
as well as those operations of our system, which acquaint us with external
objects; ...
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Erasmus Darwin. together like our muscular motions; act in similar time with them
; are fatigued by continued exertion like them; and that the organs of sense are
subject to inflammation, numbness, palsy, convulsion, and the defects of old age,
...
Erasmus Darwin. together like our muscular motions; act in similar time with them
; are fatigued by continued exertion like them; and that the organs of sense are
subject to inflammation, numbness, palsy, convulsion, and the defects of old age,
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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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