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A muscular fibre. 5. The immediate organs of sense. 6. The external organs of
sense. 7. An idea or sensual motion. 8. Perception. 9. Sensation. Io. Recollection
and suggestion. 11. Habit, causation, association, catenation, 12. Reflex ideas.
13.
A muscular fibre. 5. The immediate organs of sense. 6. The external organs of
sense. 7. An idea or sensual motion. 8. Perception. 9. Sensation. Io. Recollection
and suggestion. 11. Habit, causation, association, catenation, 12. Reflex ideas.
13.
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... minute extensive ramifications of the lungs, where it is exposed to the action of
the air on a. surface. equal. to. that. of. the. whole. external. skin,. through through
the thin moist coats of those vessels, which are. 5 DEFINITIONS. Sect. II. I. 2.
... minute extensive ramifications of the lungs, where it is exposed to the action of
the air on a. surface. equal. to. that. of. the. whole. external. skin,. through through
the thin moist coats of those vessels, which are. 5 DEFINITIONS. Sect. II. I. 2.
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The external organs offense are the coverings of the immediate organs of sense,
and are mechanically adapted for the reception or transmission of peculiar
bodies, or of their qualities, as the cornea and humours of the eye, the tympanum
of ...
The external organs offense are the coverings of the immediate organs of sense,
and are mechanically adapted for the reception or transmission of peculiar
bodies, or of their qualities, as the cornea and humours of the eye, the tympanum
of ...
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Synonymous with the word idea, we shall sometimes use the words/en/ital
motion in contradistinétion to muscular motion. 8. The word perception includes
both the action of the organ of sense in consequence of the impact of external
objects, ...
Synonymous with the word idea, we shall sometimes use the words/en/ital
motion in contradistinétion to muscular motion. 8. The word perception includes
both the action of the organ of sense in consequence of the impact of external
objects, ...
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By the word simulus is not only meant the application of external bodies to our
organs of fense and muscular fibres, which excites into action the sensorial
power termedirritation; but also pleasure or pain, when they excite into action the
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By the word simulus is not only meant the application of external bodies to our
organs of fense and muscular fibres, which excites into action the sensorial
power termedirritation; but also pleasure or pain, when they excite into action 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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