The Physiology and Pathology of MindMacmillan, 1868 - 526 pages |
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... facts come out very distinctly from a candid observation of the state of thought at the present day . One of these is ... fact , which has scarcely yet been sufficiently weighed , is the extreme favour in which biography is held at the ...
... facts come out very distinctly from a candid observation of the state of thought at the present day . One of these is ... fact , which has scarcely yet been sufficiently weighed , is the extreme favour in which biography is held at the ...
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... fact , the application of positive science to human life , and the necessary consequence of the progress of the inductive philosophy . No marvel , then , that biography forms so large a part of the literature of the day , and that ...
... fact , the application of positive science to human life , and the necessary consequence of the progress of the inductive philosophy . No marvel , then , that biography forms so large a part of the literature of the day , and that ...
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... fact which is capable of being demonstrated to another mind . ( c . ) To direct consciousness inwardly to the observation of a particular state of mind is to isolate that activity for the time , to cut it off from its relations , and ...
... fact which is capable of being demonstrated to another mind . ( c . ) To direct consciousness inwardly to the observation of a particular state of mind is to isolate that activity for the time , to cut it off from its relations , and ...
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... facts of former lucid intervals , and in their paroxysms the ideas , feelings , and events of former paroxysms ... fact that at each moment the greater part of the mind is not only unconscious , but inactive . Mental power exists ...
... facts of former lucid intervals , and in their paroxysms the ideas , feelings , and events of former paroxysms ... fact that at each moment the greater part of the mind is not only unconscious , but inactive . Mental power exists ...
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... fact , any possibility of ex- plaining , quoad consciousness , why and whence they come . ( 5 ) To what has been ... facts of an inductive science of mind ! Pneuma- tology was at one time subdivided into theology , demonology , and ...
... fact , any possibility of ex- plaining , quoad consciousness , why and whence they come . ( 5 ) To what has been ... facts of an inductive science of mind ! Pneuma- tology was at one time subdivided into theology , demonology , and ...
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activity acute afferent nerve animal appear asylum attack become blood bodily body brain cause cerebral cerebral hemispheres certainly character chronic co-ordinate complete condition connective tissue connexion consciousness constitution convolutions convulsions definite degeneration delirium delusion dementia derangement disease disorder effect emotion energy epilepsy epileptic excitement exhibited existence external fact faculties favourable Fcap feeling form of insanity function ganglionic cells give rise hallucinations hemispheres hereditary hypochondria idea ideational impressions impulse incoherence increase individual insanity irritation kind less madness mania manifest melancholia melancholic ment mental mind monomania moral morbid action motor intuition movements muscles muscular nature necessary nerve element nerve-cell nervous centres nervous system nutrition observation occur pain paralysis particular passion patient person phenomena phthisis pia mater produced reaction reason recognised recovery reflex action relations residua result sensation sense sensory sometimes spinal cord stimulus strychnia suffering symptoms syphilis syphiloma take place thought tion unconscious volition
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