An essay on the probability of sensation in vegetables : with additional observations on instinct, sensation, irritability, &c / By James Perchard Tupper.

  • Tupper, James Perchard, active 1811.
Date:
M. DCCC. XI. [1811]
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: An essay on the probability of sensation in vegetables : with additional observations on instinct, sensation, irritability, &c / By James Perchard Tupper. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by King’s College London. The original may be consulted at King’s College London.

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    CONTENTS. Page Introductory Observations - - l Of the Distinctions between Animals and Vegetables - - - - - 4 General View of the Analogies between Ani- mals and Vegetables - - - 10 Of Vegetable Motion - - - - 13 Of Instinct and Volition - - - - 15 Of Instinct in particular - - - - 16 Of Instinct, as distinguishable from Volition 17 Of Instinct in general - - - - 18 Of Vegetable Instinct - - - - 20 Of the Sleep of Plants - - - - 29 Of Sleep in general - - - - - 32 Of Sleep, as related to the Voluntary Power 33 Of the Locomotive Power - - - 34 Of Sensation in general - - - - 39 Of Irritabilitv in general - - « - 43 Of Vegetable Irritability - - - - 46 Of the ^el•vous System of Vegetables - 48 Of V^egetable Sensation - - - - 58 Ciijections considered - - - - 64 Animals are exposed to Injuries - - 66