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The Reader should be apprized, that many new pages are interspersed in this
edition, which consist of practical and theoretical observations, as the whole
articles on Hemicrania idiopathica, retroversio uteri, aneurisma, and the
appendix to ...
The Reader should be apprized, that many new pages are interspersed in this
edition, which consist of practical and theoretical observations, as the whole
articles on Hemicrania idiopathica, retroversio uteri, aneurisma, and the
appendix to ...
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Additional Observations on the Sensorial Powers. - - Of Stimulus, Sensorial
Exertion, and Fbrous Contračtion. - Of Vegetable Animation. Of the Production of
Ideas. Of the Classes of Ideas. Of Instinct. The Catemation of Animal Motions.
Additional Observations on the Sensorial Powers. - - Of Stimulus, Sensorial
Exertion, and Fbrous Contračtion. - Of Vegetable Animation. Of the Production of
Ideas. Of the Classes of Ideas. Of Instinct. The Catemation of Animal Motions.
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... by habit; that is, by frequent repetition. 12. It may be proper to observe, that by
the unavoidable idiom of our language the ideas of perception, of recollection, or
of imagination, in the plural number signify the ideas belonging to perception ...
... by habit; that is, by frequent repetition. 12. It may be proper to observe, that by
the unavoidable idiom of our language the ideas of perception, of recollection, or
of imagination, in the plural number signify the ideas belonging to perception ...
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... of this delicate balance, and it receded from the light; thrown on the other wing,
it approached towards the light, and this repeatedly; so that no sensible impulse
could be observed, but what might well be ascribed to the ascent of heated air.
... of this delicate balance, and it receded from the light; thrown on the other wing,
it approached towards the light, and this repeatedly; so that no sensible impulse
could be observed, but what might well be ascribed to the ascent of heated air.
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... animal motions or configurations of our organs of sense constitute our ideas. 1.
If any one in the dark presses the ball of his eye, by applying his finger to the
external corner of it, a luminous appearance is observed; and by a smart stroke ...
... animal motions or configurations of our organs of sense constitute our ideas. 1.
If any one in the dark presses the ball of his eye, by applying his finger to the
external corner of it, a luminous appearance is observed; and by a smart stroke ...
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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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