An essay, or tract, on the vitality of the warm blood and air / by James Morison ; edited and republished by Elisha North.

  • Morison, James, 1770-1840.
Date:
1835
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Credit: An essay, or tract, on the vitality of the warm blood and air / by James Morison ; edited and republished by Elisha North. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    tering to the vanity of mankind, by telling them that they had a soul of a far superior nature to their bodies, and that this soul alone demanded their exclusive care and attention ; we have in consequence, age after age, seen all these theories, and the various labours of metaphysicians, after momentarily agitating the world, pass away, leav- ing the human race a prey to never-ending per- plexities, doubts, superstitions, and ideas of pre- destination. Life consists of [ivarni] Mood and air. It is not intended, in this short sketeh, to enter into or give quotations from authors, who have preceded us in treating on these subjects—a reca- pitulation of old errors is almost always useless labour. Our endeavours have a more practical use in view ; to make mankind acquainted with the true and real state and causes of their existence, both in health and in disease, and to disperse the superstitions, theories and practices of the medical profession; and notedly, when they talk of the vitality of different parts of the body, inflammatory action and above all what they call sympathetic affections, all which seem to imply, that every part of the body, has a thinking and feeling faculty inherent in itself. [Demur.] Nothing can be more absurd and contrary to truth, than this idea, as it is the blood alone, which gives all vitality and power of feeling to every part of the body; [agreed, in part,] and that which they call sympathetic affections, arise entirely from a bad humour, [or wrong action of the blood.1 &c. * * # # # # * * # # [Warm] blood has formed the body ; but there would be no life without air: this will be more decidedly understood by laying before the reader