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... first eroded , and the hair - like fibres remained floating in the veffel . Nor does the degree of tranfparency of the retina invalidate this evidence of its fibrous ftructure , fince Leeuwenhoek has fhewn , that the cryftalline humour ...
... first eroded , and the hair - like fibres remained floating in the veffel . Nor does the degree of tranfparency of the retina invalidate this evidence of its fibrous ftructure , fince Leeuwenhoek has fhewn , that the cryftalline humour ...
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... patients frequently dream of having their eyes painfully dazzled ; hence the idea of ftrong light is painful as well as the rea- lity . lity . The first of thefe facts evinces that our. 8 30 MOTIONS OF SECT . III . 5.4 .
... patients frequently dream of having their eyes painfully dazzled ; hence the idea of ftrong light is painful as well as the rea- lity . lity . The first of thefe facts evinces that our. 8 30 MOTIONS OF SECT . III . 5.4 .
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Erasmus Darwin. lity . The first of thefe facts evinces that our per- ceptions are motions of the organs of fenfe ; and the latter , that our imaginations are alfo motions of the fame organs . 6. The organs of fenfe , like the moving muf ...
Erasmus Darwin. lity . The first of thefe facts evinces that our per- ceptions are motions of the organs of fenfe ; and the latter , that our imaginations are alfo motions of the fame organs . 6. The organs of fenfe , like the moving muf ...
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... that excite them ; it has generally been believed that they do not ; but this fhall be dif- cuffed at large in Sect . XIV . 3. There 3. There is another objection that at first view would. 34 MOTIONS OF SECT . III . 6. 1 .
... that excite them ; it has generally been believed that they do not ; but this fhall be dif- cuffed at large in Sect . XIV . 3. There 3. There is another objection that at first view would. 34 MOTIONS OF SECT . III . 6. 1 .
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Erasmus Darwin. 3. There is another objection that at first view would feem lefs eafy to furmount . After the amputation of a foot or a finger , it has frequently happened , that an injury being offered to the flump of the amputated limb ...
Erasmus Darwin. 3. There is another objection that at first view would feem lefs eafy to furmount . After the amputation of a foot or a finger , it has frequently happened , that an injury being offered to the flump of the amputated limb ...
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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