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... moving nerve . How thoughts to thoughts are link'd with viewlefs chains , Tribes leading tribes , and trains pursuing trains ; With fhadowy trident how Volition guides , 45 Surge after furge , his intellectual tides ; Or , Queen of ...
... moving nerve . How thoughts to thoughts are link'd with viewlefs chains , Tribes leading tribes , and trains pursuing trains ; With fhadowy trident how Volition guides , 45 Surge after furge , his intellectual tides ; Or , Queen of ...
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... moving fibrils , with a power of contraction fimilar to that of the larger mufcles above defcribed . 4. The cellular membrane confifts of cells , which refemble thofe of a fponge , communicating with each other , and connecting together ...
... moving fibrils , with a power of contraction fimilar to that of the larger mufcles above defcribed . 4. The cellular membrane confifts of cells , which refemble thofe of a fponge , communicating with each other , and connecting together ...
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... moving organs in- termixed with that medullary fubftance , which is continued along the nerves , as mentioned above . They are indued with the power of contraction , and are again elongated either by antagonist muf- cles , by ...
... moving organs in- termixed with that medullary fubftance , which is continued along the nerves , as mentioned above . They are indued with the power of contraction , and are again elongated either by antagonist muf- cles , by ...
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... moving fibres enveloped in the me- dullary fubftance above mentioned ; and are er- roneoufly fuppofed to be fimply an expanfion of the nervous medulla , as the retina of the eye , and the rete mucofum of the fkin , which are the ...
... moving fibres enveloped in the me- dullary fubftance above mentioned ; and are er- roneoufly fuppofed to be fimply an expanfion of the nervous medulla , as the retina of the eye , and the rete mucofum of the fkin , which are the ...
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... moving materials . Hence , when we fay animal motion is 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 ...
... moving materials . Hence , when we fay animal motion is 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 ...
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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