Asthenology: or the art of preserving feeble life; and of supporting the constitution under the influence of incurable diseases / By Christian Augustus Struve, M.D. translated from the German by William Johnston.

  • Struve, Christian August, 1767-1807.
Date:
1801
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Credit: Asthenology: or the art of preserving feeble life; and of supporting the constitution under the influence of incurable diseases / By Christian Augustus Struve, M.D. translated from the German by William Johnston. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Part I. ASTHENOGENY. Cuaprer I. page 17. Thoughts ou the vital principle. § 24. The effence of the vital principle unknown. 26. Vital principle peculiar to all organized bodies. 26. Its manifeftations determined by the bers with which i is connected. 27. Is modified by the nature of the organization. 28. Difference of the vital principle from other powers. 2g- Peculiarity of the vital principle. 30. Difference between animated and inanimate bodies. 31. Vital principle felf-fubfiftent in what fenfe? 32. Influence of the organization on the manifeftations of the vital principle. 33. Manifeftations of the vital principle in individual organ and fy{tems. 34. Different quantities of vital principle in individual organs. 35, 38. The attachment of the vital principle different in fome organizations ; in different genera and in certain organs. 39. Irritability, fufceptibility of irritation, nervous power, and the power of reproduction, are modifications of the vital principle. 40. Conditions under which the vital principle exifts. 1. Organization, or organized bodies. 41. Explanation of the term organization. 42. Organs. 43. Organi{in. 44- In what fenfe organization is here to be confidered. 45+ Vital principle confined by the ftate of the organization in general. 46. In individual parts. 47. Unequal difiribution of the vital principle. 48. Defects of the organization. 49. Specific fufceptibility of the organization for the vital prin- ciple. $0 Periodical exiftence of it. ° i at ae ee Pee i a — ~ 6 i ee 2. Stimulants. ¥ ¢