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... means of which the volition is carried into execution . Experiment and observation , however , demonstrate the existence of bones of the arms curiously articulated and adapted to mo- tion , of muscles endowed with powers of contraction ...
... means of which the volition is carried into execution . Experiment and observation , however , demonstrate the existence of bones of the arms curiously articulated and adapted to mo- tion , of muscles endowed with powers of contraction ...
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... means of an apparatus of organs unknown to us through consciousness , but which are capa- ble of demonstration by experiment and observation ; in other words , the brain is the organ of the mind . The greatest anatomists admit this ...
... means of an apparatus of organs unknown to us through consciousness , but which are capa- ble of demonstration by experiment and observation ; in other words , the brain is the organ of the mind . The greatest anatomists admit this ...
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... means of his superior nervous system . Its injury weakens , its imperfection limits , its destruction ( humanly speaking ) ends them . " In addition to these authorities , I may remark , that con- sciousness or feeling localizes the ...
... means of his superior nervous system . Its injury weakens , its imperfection limits , its destruction ( humanly speaking ) ends them . " In addition to these authorities , I may remark , that con- sciousness or feeling localizes the ...
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... means of organization . But if they be well - founded , how important a study does that of the organ of the mind become ! It is the study of mind itself , in the only condition in which it is known to us . THE BRAIN THE ORGAN OF THE ...
... means of organization . But if they be well - founded , how important a study does that of the organ of the mind become ! It is the study of mind itself , in the only condition in which it is known to us . THE BRAIN THE ORGAN OF THE ...
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... means of a distinct organ ; thus , to accom- plish taste there is one nerve , whose office is to move the tongue , another nerve whose duty it is to communicate the ordinary sense of feeling to the tongue , and a third nerve which ...
... means of a distinct organ ; thus , to accom- plish taste there is one nerve , whose office is to move the tongue , another nerve whose duty it is to communicate the ordinary sense of feeling to the tongue , and a third nerve which ...
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