The Hand: Its Mechanism and Vital Endowments, as Evincing DesignBell & Daldy, 1865 - 260 pages |
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... exercise upon the organ of respiration , including the coun- tenance . No structures of the body performing different duties are more closely allied to each other than the Heart , the centre of the circulating system , and the organ of ...
... exercise upon the organ of respiration , including the coun- tenance . No structures of the body performing different duties are more closely allied to each other than the Heart , the centre of the circulating system , and the organ of ...
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... exercise . Something , then , we observe to be common to our planet and to others , to our system and to other systems ; matter , attrac- tion , light ; which nearly implies that the mechanical and chemical laws must be the same ...
... exercise . Something , then , we observe to be common to our planet and to others , to our system and to other systems ; matter , attrac- tion , light ; which nearly implies that the mechanical and chemical laws must be the same ...
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... and king- in of God . " These sentiments are best ex- pressed in his Preface to the Cata- logue of the Museum of Adolphus Frederick of Sweden . plations and exercises by which the mind is to be 6 CHAP . I. INTRODUCTORY CHAPTER .
... and king- in of God . " These sentiments are best ex- pressed in his Preface to the Cata- logue of the Museum of Adolphus Frederick of Sweden . plations and exercises by which the mind is to be 6 CHAP . I. INTRODUCTORY CHAPTER .
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Its Mechanism and Vital Endowments, as Evincing Design Sir Charles Bell. plations and exercises by which the mind is to be ... exercise the outward senses . But in the maturity of reason , philosophy should present these things to us anew ...
Its Mechanism and Vital Endowments, as Evincing Design Sir Charles Bell. plations and exercises by which the mind is to be ... exercise the outward senses . But in the maturity of reason , philosophy should present these things to us anew ...
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... exercise of sensibilities as well ordered as those of the eye or ear . A tracery of nervous cords unites many organs in sympathy ; and if any one filament of these were broken , pain and spasm and suffocation would ensue . The action of ...
... exercise of sensibilities as well ordered as those of the eye or ear . A tracery of nervous cords unites many organs in sympathy ; and if any one filament of these were broken , pain and spasm and suffocation would ensue . The action of ...
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