Observations on the cause of disease, and the means of promoting health / by Alexander Maxwell Adams.

  • Adams, Alexander Maxwell, -1867.
Date:
1842
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Credit: Observations on the cause of disease, and the means of promoting health / by Alexander Maxwell Adams. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    obtains with regard to the nerves which pass out through the intervertebral foramina of the spine to the muscles of voluntary and involun- tary motion ; hence palsy, nervous pains, &c., affecting certain localities, while others enjoy an indemnity from them. The habits of the mind influence the nerves which bias the muscles of facial expression, insomuch that the countenance of some indi- viduals acquires the impress of the predomi- nating passions which govern them. Thus we are unconsciously impressed with certain notions regarding the dispositions of a per- son we see for the first time. These notions are often however erroneous, for an infini- tude of circumstances are continually operat- ing to control and modify the manifestations of immediate feeling. On surveying the various important func- tions of the nervous system, and its intimate connection with all the movements and opera- tions of both mind and body, it is astonish- ing that its derangements are not more fre- quent and extensive than they are, considering the interruptions to its purposes, which are daily occurring in the artificial usages of ci- vilized life.