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... these repulfions prevail over the attractions , they may cause the diffufions of light and of odours , the explofions of fome bodies , and the flower decompofition of others , and occafion our ideas of fluidity ; when the attractions ...
... these repulfions prevail over the attractions , they may cause the diffufions of light and of odours , the explofions of fome bodies , and the flower decompofition of others , and occafion our ideas of fluidity ; when the attractions ...
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... these nerves terminate in the immediate organs of fenfe and mufcular fibres , and if a ligature be put on any part of their paffage from the head or fpine , all motion and perception ceafe in the parts beneath the ligature . 2. The ...
... these nerves terminate in the immediate organs of fenfe and mufcular fibres , and if a ligature be put on any part of their paffage from the head or fpine , all motion and perception ceafe in the parts beneath the ligature . 2. The ...
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... These fibrous motions are thus diftinguished from the fenforial motions above mentioned . 6. The external organs of fenfe are the coverings of the immediate organs of fenfe , and are me- chanically adapted for the reception or tranfmif ...
... These fibrous motions are thus diftinguished from the fenforial motions above mentioned . 6. The external organs of fenfe are the coverings of the immediate organs of fenfe , and are me- chanically adapted for the reception or tranfmif ...
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... these cafes the spectra in the eye fhould either remain of the fame colour , or gradually decay , when the object is withdrawn ; and neither their evanefcence during the prefence of the object , as in the fecond expe- riment , nor their ...
... these cafes the spectra in the eye fhould either remain of the fame colour , or gradually decay , when the object is withdrawn ; and neither their evanefcence during the prefence of the object , as in the fecond expe- riment , nor their ...
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... a day in the paroxyfmns of violent epilepfies ; which evinces that one kind of delirium is a convulfion of the organs of fenfe , and that that our ideas are the motions of these organs : SECT . III . 5. 6 . 31 THE RETINA .
... a day in the paroxyfmns of violent epilepfies ; which evinces that one kind of delirium is a convulfion of the organs of fenfe , and that that our ideas are the motions of these organs : SECT . III . 5. 6 . 31 THE RETINA .
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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