Zoonomia; Or, The Laws of Organic Life ...J. Johnson, 1801 - Evolution |
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... induced me to write ; and I leave it to people of experience to judge of the manner in which I have executed the task . I fhall only obferve , that , when I firft intended to prepare my obfervations for the infpection of the public , I ...
... induced me to write ; and I leave it to people of experience to judge of the manner in which I have executed the task . I fhall only obferve , that , when I firft intended to prepare my obfervations for the infpection of the public , I ...
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... induced by volun- tary exertions . This I fufpect firft to have arifen from the double meaning of the words " involun- tary motions ; " which are fometimes used for those motions , which are performed without the interference of ...
... induced by volun- tary exertions . This I fufpect firft to have arifen from the double meaning of the words " involun- tary motions ; " which are fometimes used for those motions , which are performed without the interference of ...
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... induced , like other convulfions , by a voluntary exertion to relieve fome pain . This pain is moft frequently about the pit of the ftomach , or termination of the bile - duct ; and in fome cafes the torpor of the ftomach , which ...
... induced , like other convulfions , by a voluntary exertion to relieve fome pain . This pain is moft frequently about the pit of the ftomach , or termination of the bile - duct ; and in fome cafes the torpor of the ftomach , which ...
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... induce flight fpafins of the mufcular fibres in its vicinity ; which flight fpafms cease on the numbness introduced by a tight bandage ; when no bandage is applied , the pain gradually increases , till general convulfions are exerted to ...
... induce flight fpafins of the mufcular fibres in its vicinity ; which flight fpafms cease on the numbness introduced by a tight bandage ; when no bandage is applied , the pain gradually increases , till general convulfions are exerted to ...
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... induced to fwallow forty drops of laudanum . Twenty more were given him in the fame manner in about half an hour , both which evidently fhortened the convulfion fits , and the confequent ftupor ; he then took thirty more drops , which ...
... induced to fwallow forty drops of laudanum . Twenty more were given him in the fame manner in about half an hour , both which evidently fhortened the convulfion fits , and the confequent ftupor ; he then took thirty more drops , which ...
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Zoonomia, Or the Laws of Organic Life, Vol. 4 of 4 (Classic Reprint) Erasmus Darwin No preview available - 2017 |
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abforbents accumulation of fenforial affected Affociate Motions afthma alfo arife attended becauſe become cafe capillaries catenated caufe cauſe ceafes circumftance Clafs cold fit confequence confifts conftitute convulfions cutaneous capillaries debility decreafed defcribed defect difeafe direct fympathy diſeaſe epilepfy excefs excited exertion exhauftion exifts faid fame fecretion feems fenfation fenfe fenfible fenforial power fevers with weak fhould fickneſs fimilar firft fituation fkin fleep fmall folar fome fometimes foon forial power frequently ftate ftill ftimulus ftomach ftrong fubject fucceeds fuch fuppofed fyftem gout greater heart and arteries heat hot fit ideas increafed action infanity inflammation inteftines irritative motions lacteal lefs liable lungs membranes moft mufcles mufcular muft nevertheleſs obferved occafioned opium owing pain paroxyfm patient perfon pleaſure power of affociation power of irritation produced quantity reafon reverfe fympathy Sect tertian thefe theſe thofe thoſe tion torpid torpor ufual ureter urethra veffels vertigo violent volition voluntary vomiting weak pulfe whence