Sleep and SleeplessnessBogue, 1879 - 90 pages |
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... function of life . I venture to hope they will be of value to the ordinarily intelli- gent reader , and not wholly unworthy of the attention of the student and practitioner who are concerned , the one to comprehend , the other to ...
... function of life . I venture to hope they will be of value to the ordinarily intelli- gent reader , and not wholly unworthy of the attention of the student and practitioner who are concerned , the one to comprehend , the other to ...
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... function , of the organism , may be told in a few sentences . The information recently acquired is chiefly negative ... functions . What is called " determination of blood to the head " may occasion " " heaviness ' or " stupor , " but it ...
... function , of the organism , may be told in a few sentences . The information recently acquired is chiefly negative ... functions . What is called " determination of blood to the head " may occasion " " heaviness ' or " stupor , " but it ...
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Joseph Mortimer Granville. cerebral nerve - centres tends , as the cessation of functions generally tends , in all ... function ; but the blood state is the effect of the sleep state , not its cause . It " The blood is the life , " or ...
Joseph Mortimer Granville. cerebral nerve - centres tends , as the cessation of functions generally tends , in all ... function ; but the blood state is the effect of the sleep state , not its cause . It " The blood is the life , " or ...
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... function are directly influenced by the activity of the part , so that when the organ is inactive the supply is reduced . The tissues are endowed with a power of taking up from the blood just what they require , allowing the rest to ...
... function are directly influenced by the activity of the part , so that when the organ is inactive the supply is reduced . The tissues are endowed with a power of taking up from the blood just what they require , allowing the rest to ...
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... function ; " the slower current which passes during sleep he designates the " cir- culation of nutrition . " There is much to be said for this view of the matter , and it is in accordance with the physical law that fluid passes rapidly ...
... function ; " the slower current which passes during sleep he designates the " cir- culation of nutrition . " There is much to be said for this view of the matter , and it is in accordance with the physical law that fluid passes rapidly ...
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