The Philosophy of Human Nature, Volume 3A Kentucky frontier physician's physiological & psychological analyses anticipating modern concepts. |
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Page 78
... muscular excite- ment , and not from cellular elasticity , which is too weak and confined to produce so great an ... system in man , de- pends for its preservation and repair , on the nerves and arteries which are ramified through the ...
... muscular excite- ment , and not from cellular elasticity , which is too weak and confined to produce so great an ... system in man , de- pends for its preservation and repair , on the nerves and arteries which are ramified through the ...
Page 115
... muscular system . When the nerve which is distri buted to any muscle is cut asunder , and the end leading to the muscle is stimulated , the action produced descends instantaneously to the muscle , and manifests itself by a strong muscular ...
... muscular system . When the nerve which is distri buted to any muscle is cut asunder , and the end leading to the muscle is stimulated , the action produced descends instantaneously to the muscle , and manifests itself by a strong muscular ...
Page 116
... muscles , producing a fit of convulsion . THE current of excitement is wisely confined to these particular channels , leading from the senses to the senso- ry , and thence into the muscular system ; its propensity to diffuse ...
... muscles , producing a fit of convulsion . THE current of excitement is wisely confined to these particular channels , leading from the senses to the senso- ry , and thence into the muscular system ; its propensity to diffuse ...
Contents
of Animal Life | 33 |
Of Excitability Excitement | 49 |
The different kinds of Excitement | 67 |
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