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Philosophical observations on the analogy between the propagation of animals and that of vegetables: in which are answered some objections against the indivisibility of the soul ... drawn from the late ... experiments upon the polypus ... With an explanation of the manner in which each piece of a divided polypus becomes another perfect animal / By James Parsons.

  • Parsons, James, 1705-1770.
Date:
1752
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Credit: Philosophical observations on the analogy between the propagation of animals and that of vegetables: in which are answered some objections against the indivisibility of the soul ... drawn from the late ... experiments upon the polypus ... With an explanation of the manner in which each piece of a divided polypus becomes another perfect animal / By James Parsons. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    ■ v- n •! I N D E X, Page Qualities, of Juices^ differing in the fame Plant 14 6 Of Vegetables, how caufed to differ 154 R. ' / ' •» Rake, why neceffary 115 Roots, Plants and Flowers how raifed by 131 & Sagacity ^ 220 Scythians, Conjectures of them 53 Secretions, animal, how performed 167 Seeds, how nourifhed 149 Similar Particles, attracted 140 And attracting 152 to 154 Shoots of Plants and Trees, /ter Growth explained 127 Slaver of a mad Dog, Vipery harmlefs in the Stomach 174 known to a German Mountebank 175 DeftruCtive only\ immediately mixed with the Blood ibid. Species *?/ Plants erronecufly multiplied from their cultivated Variegations 166 c j Spermatic,