In like manner Sir ISAAC NEWTON could not For Philofophy is aptly represented by a Tem- ple, whofe Front is visible, but whose Bafis ib. The Philofopher, difappointed in this deep Research, ftill perfeveres in his Pur- fuit of Knowledge, and he contemplates the different Structures, wherein the same Offices are defigned by an omnipotent Power, and he difcovers, that in Animal the Differences in ftructure conflituting the Organs of Senfation occafion the Differences Proofs of this, from contemplating, ib. ib. Of An Answer to an Objection, that might be In Sect. XXXIV. of this Work the Dependance of the I. THE IRRITABILITY OF THE FIBRE IS FOUND TO BE IN PROPORTION TO THE ib. 2. The HEART was more irritable, and continued its Actions much longer than is common, ib. { Whether Plants owe their IRRITABILITY to the OXYGEN they contain? II. WHATEVER DIMINISHES THE QUANTITY OF OXYGEN IN ORGANIZED BODIES DIMI- NISHES AT THE SAME TIME THEIR IRRITA- Experiments made with AZOTIC AIR which 2. The HEART had loft its Irritability, ib. 3. The MUSCLES were flaccid and inir- ritable, ib. 1. In moving the Heart and large Arte- 2. In the oscilatory Motion of the mi- 3. In propelling the Blood through the tortuous Veffels which compose the 4. In the Actions of the Lacteals, and 5. In venous Absorption. 6. In the Action of the Diaphragm and 7. In the peristaltic Motions of the Sto- 8. In all the Secretions and Excretions 9. In Sensation and mental Activity. 10. In balancing the Body. 11. In all voluntary Action, PAGE { It appeared to JOHN HUNTER more immedi- Experiments by Dr. PRIESTLEY, which prove, that RE- The Laws of COAGULATION in the Blood are Experiments and Obfervations which prove this This Coincidence of Coagulability in the 1. Both are fufpended by Submerfion, Strangulation, and Impure Air, and reftored by the Blood receiving again ib. ib. ib. |