Experiments made with a view to ascertain the principle on which the action of the heart depends, and the relation which subsists between that organ and the nervous system / by A.P. Wilson Philip.

  • Alexander Wilson Philip
Date:
1815
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Credit: Experiments made with a view to ascertain the principle on which the action of the heart depends, and the relation which subsists between that organ and the nervous system / by A.P. Wilson Philip. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    6. That there is therefore in the most perfect animals a combination of three distinct vital powers, not immediately depending on each other ; one of the muscular system, one of the nervous system properly so called, and one of the sen- sorial system. See observations under Exp. lg. 7. That the muscular system, though independent of the nervous system, is so influenced by it, that the power of the former may even be destroyed through the nervous system. Exp. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8,10, 11, compared with Exp. 18, 20, and 23 8. That both the muscular and nervous systems, though independent of the sensorial system, are so influenced by it, that they may even be destroyed through it. Exp. 8, io, 11, 17, and two last paragraphs under Exp. 19, compared with Exp. 20, 21, 22. 9. That although in the less perfect animals we find the muscular life existing alone, and the muscular and nervous existing without the sensorial life; in the more perfect ani- mals they are so connected, that none can exist long without the others. See the last paragraph under Exp. 19. 10. That nutrition, circulation, and respiration, are the means by which they are so connected. Worcester, August 16th, 1814. London: printed by W. Bulmer and Co. Cleveland-row, St. James’s.
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