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Page 25
From all these experiments it appears, that these spectra in the eye are not owing
to the mechanical impulse of light impressed on the retina; nor to its chemical
combination with that organ; nor to the absorption and emission of light, as is ...
From all these experiments it appears, that these spectra in the eye are not owing
to the mechanical impulse of light impressed on the retina; nor to its chemical
combination with that organ; nor to the absorption and emission of light, as is ...
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This observation may throw some light on the medical treatment of deaf people;
as it may be learnt from their dreams whether the auditory nerve be paralytic, or
their deafness be owing to some defect of the external organ. It rarely happens ...
This observation may throw some light on the medical treatment of deaf people;
as it may be learnt from their dreams whether the auditory nerve be paralytic, or
their deafness be owing to some defect of the external organ. It rarely happens ...
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Thus, if any person on a light day looks on a white wall, he may perceive the
ramifications of the optic artery, at every pulsation of it, represented by darker
branches on the white wall; which is evidently owing to its compressing the retina
during ...
Thus, if any person on a light day looks on a white wall, he may perceive the
ramifications of the optic artery, at every pulsation of it, represented by darker
branches on the white wall; which is evidently owing to its compressing the retina
during ...
Page 42
As the pulsations of the heart are owing to the irritations excited by the stimulus of
the blood; and the ideas of perception are owing to the irritations excited by
external bodies. 2. But as painful or pleasurable sensations frequently
accompanied ...
As the pulsations of the heart are owing to the irritations excited by the stimulus of
the blood; and the ideas of perception are owing to the irritations excited by
external bodies. 2. But as painful or pleasurable sensations frequently
accompanied ...
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The repeated struggles of the foetus in the uterus must be owing to this internal
irritation: for the foetus can have no other inducement to move its limbs but the
taedium or irksomeness of a continued posture. The following case evinces, that
the ...
The repeated struggles of the foetus in the uterus must be owing to this internal
irritation: for the foetus can have no other inducement to move its limbs but the
taedium or irksomeness of a continued posture. The following case evinces, that
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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