Volume 2

Elements of medical logick, illustrated by practical proofs and examples / [Sir Gilbert Blane].

  • Blane, Gilbert, Sir, 1749-1834.
Date:
1821
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    Sedatives, their great benefit in the cure of gravel, 68. Self-delusion, no bounds can be set to it, 247. Sensation of a member may be lost, while its voluntary motion and circulation remain, 120. Senses, have all a reference to the external world, 18-21— 118. Sensitive principle, illustrated, 117—its perfection consists in its fidelity to nature, 119. | Sims, Dr. John, his experiment in proof of the sympathetic principle in vegetables, 126. sable to life, ibid—-may without injury be shortened by habit, 82.—its principal refreshment is at first falling . asleep, 83 ; a practical application of this 855 incident to vegetables, ibid; excess of it the cause of gout, and other chrenic disorders, 114. Small Pox, an exemplification of the diversity of constitu- tion, 177. Solano, his account of the pulseimaginary, 247. Solids, all assimilative changes referable tothem as @ cause, 64 ; they alone are the subjects of medical action, 67 ; the doctrine of them first taught by Themison among the ancients ; by Glisson, Willis, Hoffman, and Baglivi, among the moderns, 145. Stahl, his theory for accounting for the Formative pro- cess, 72. Stomach, its universal sympathy, strony power, and im- portance, 69. Its strong action invigorates the whole muscular system, 97, 98, 114. Superstition, one of the main sources of error, 207; its practices and suggestions should not in all cases be dis- regarded, 211. | Sydenham, his error in dissuading in all cases from vene~ section in aged people, SO ; his absura theories, 197. Syllogistic Logick appreciated, 136. Sympathetick principle illustrated, 23. Sympathy—generally, but not always carried on through the nerves, 125; exists in vegetable life, 120. ds Temperaments, the diversities which constitute them, 177, Temperative principle explained, 42. Tension, a beneficial stimulus, 69 ; necessary to all muscu- lar action, 93 ; and to life itself, 94.