The British Encyclopedia: Or, Dictionary of Arts and Sciences. Comprising an Accurate and Popular View of the Present Improved State of Human Knowledge, Volume 1Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme, 1809 - Natural history |
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... nervous , with its appendages , the organs of sense , for every kind of feel- ing and a third , for the union and connec- tion of all those parts . : Besides these primary and general sys- tems , he requires others , which may be more ...
... nervous , with its appendages , the organs of sense , for every kind of feel- ing and a third , for the union and connec- tion of all those parts . : Besides these primary and general sys- tems , he requires others , which may be more ...
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... Nerves , which are bundles of white fibrous cords , connected by one end to the brain , or spinal marrow , and thence ex- panded over every part of the body , in order to receive impressions from external ob- jects , or to convey the ...
... Nerves , which are bundles of white fibrous cords , connected by one end to the brain , or spinal marrow , and thence ex- panded over every part of the body , in order to receive impressions from external ob- jects , or to convey the ...
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... nerve , it forms obvious and vi- sible fibres ; it collects these fibres into large - fasciculi ; and by joining such fasci- culi or bundles to each other , constitutes an entire muscle , tendon , or nerve . It joins together the ...
... nerve , it forms obvious and vi- sible fibres ; it collects these fibres into large - fasciculi ; and by joining such fasci- culi or bundles to each other , constitutes an entire muscle , tendon , or nerve . It joins together the ...
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... nerves , as well as ar- teries , veins , and absorbents , cannot be doubted . Although in the natural state they seem to be insensible , they become ex- tremely painful when diseased ; and again , a fungus which is sensible sometimes ...
... nerves , as well as ar- teries , veins , and absorbents , cannot be doubted . Although in the natural state they seem to be insensible , they become ex- tremely painful when diseased ; and again , a fungus which is sensible sometimes ...
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... nerves to give animation to the whole . In this view of the subject , we see no essential difference of structure between bones and other parts of the body ; nor do we expect any essential difference in the functions of their nutrient ...
... nerves to give animation to the whole . In this view of the subject , we see no essential difference of structure between bones and other parts of the body ; nor do we expect any essential difference in the functions of their nutrient ...
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