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Hence, when we say animal motion is excited by irritation, we do not mean that
the motion bears any proportion to the mechanical impulse of the stimulus; nor
that it is affected by the general gravitation of the two bodies; nor by their
chemical ...
Hence, when we say animal motion is excited by irritation, we do not mean that
the motion bears any proportion to the mechanical impulse of the stimulus; nor
that it is affected by the general gravitation of the two bodies; nor by their
chemical ...
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... these configurations succeed each other quicker or slower; and whatever
configuration of this organ offense, that is, whatever portion of the motion of it is,
or has usually been, attended to, constitutes an idea. Hence the configuration is
not to ...
... these configurations succeed each other quicker or slower; and whatever
configuration of this organ offense, that is, whatever portion of the motion of it is,
or has usually been, attended to, constitutes an idea. Hence the configuration is
not to ...
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... Garden, P. I. additional note, No. 1. Hence it appears, that a part of the retina,
which had been fatigned by contračtion in one direétion, relieves itself by
exerting the antagonist fibres, and producing a contračtion in an opposite
direction ...
... Garden, P. I. additional note, No. 1. Hence it appears, that a part of the retina,
which had been fatigned by contračtion in one direétion, relieves itself by
exerting the antagonist fibres, and producing a contračtion in an opposite
direction ...
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From hence it appears, that with the perceptions of sounds he has also lost the
ideas of them; though the organs of speech still retain somewhat of their usual
habits of articulation. This observation may throw some light on the medical ...
From hence it appears, that with the perceptions of sounds he has also lost the
ideas of them; though the organs of speech still retain somewhat of their usual
habits of articulation. This observation may throw some light on the medical ...
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Hence light is as intolerable in this kind of ophthalmia, as pressure is to the finger
in the paronychia. In this disease the patients frequently dream of having their
eyes painfully dazzled; hence the idea of strong light is painful as well as the rea-
...
Hence light is as intolerable in this kind of ophthalmia, as pressure is to the finger
in the paronychia. In this disease the patients frequently dream of having their
eyes painfully dazzled; hence the idea of strong light is painful as well as the rea-
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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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