Electrical-psychology, or, The electrical philosophy of mental impressions, including a new philosophy of sleep and of consciousness / from the works of J.B. Dods and J.S. Grimes ; revised and edited by H.G. Darling.

  • Grimes J. Stanley (James Stanley), 1807-1903.
Date:
1851
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Credit: Electrical-psychology, or, The electrical philosophy of mental impressions, including a new philosophy of sleep and of consciousness / from the works of J.B. Dods and J.S. Grimes ; revised and edited by H.G. Darling. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh. The original may be consulted at the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh.

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    tanee, as they did their estate—Such, though learned, are the greatest enemies of science—The march of intellect—Improvements of the day—The variety and richness of the intellectual and moral field—Use of the school and college—All sciences have been opposed, and their discoverers persecuted—Harvey—Galileo—Newton —Fulton—Gall—Spurzheim. CHAPTER II. CONNECTING LINK BETWEEN MIND AND MATTER, AND CIRCULATION OF THE BLOOD, 22-33 Immutability of truth—It cannot be atfected by the belief or unbelief of mortals—Electrical theory of the universe—Electricity the agent employed by the Creator to move globes, and carry on the operations of nature- Is a universal agent, and the cause of light, heat, vegeta- tion, evaporation, storms, earthquakes, and hurricanes —Man an epitome of the universe—All substances in him—Mind has both voluntary and involuntary powers —Brain is the fountain of the nervous system—Mind the cause of all motion, and can touch nothing but elec- tricity—From dead matter to mind are several links— Mind holds its throne in the brain, and executes its com- mands through electricity—Circulation of the blood- Its philosophy—Why nerves attend the arteries, and not the veins—How the brain is supplied with electricity —Why arterial blood is cherry-red, and venous blood purple. CHAPTER III. PHILOSOPHY OF DISEASE AND NERVOUS FORCE, 34-48 Circulation of blood concluded—Circulating system is two systems—Arterial blood is positive, venous blood is negative—The notion that the heart exerts a force of