Physiology - Early works to 1800

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Aristotle's book of problems , with other astronomers, astrologers, physicians, and philosophers: wherein are contained divers questions and answers, touching the state of man's body. Together with the reasons of divers wonders in the creation: the Generation of Birds, Beasts, Fishes, and Insects; and many other Problems on the most weighty Matters: By way of Question and Answer.
Date: 1776
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Aristotle's new book of problems, set forth by way of question and answer . To which are added, a great number from other famous philosophers, astrologers, astronomers, and physicians. Shewing the secrets of nature and art: together with the interpretation of dreams, signification of moles in any part, the nature of ghosts, the reason of eclipses of the sun and moon; also, wonders in the creation, as earthquakes, ebbing and flowing of the sea, &c.
Date: 1741
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Physiologia or, the doctrine of nature, comprehended in the origin and progression of human life; the vital and animal functions; diseases of body and mind; and Remedies Prophylactic and Therapeutic. By Thomas Frewen, M. D. Of Lewes, in Sussex.
Frewen, Thomas, 1704-1791.Date: MDCCLXXX. [1780]
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Man a machine . Wherein the several systems of philosophers, in respect to the soul of man, are examin'd; The different States of the Soul are shewn to be co-relative to those of the Body; The Diversity between Men and other Animals, is proved to arise from the different Quantity and Quality of Brains; The Law of Nature is explained, as relative to the whole Animal Creation; The Immateriality of an Inward Principle is by Experiments and Observations exploded, And A full Detail is given of the several Springs which move the Human Machine. Translated from the French of Mons. de la Mettrie, A celebrated Physician of the Faculty at Paris, and Author of Penelope, or the Machiavel in Physic.
La Mettrie, Julien Offray de, 1709-1751.Date: MDCCL. [1750]
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Aristotle's new book of problems , set forth by way of question and answer. To which are added, a great number from other famous philosophers, astrologers, astronomers, and physicians. Shewing the secrets of nature and art: together with the interpretation of dreams, Signification of Moles in any Part, the Nature of Ghosts, the Reason of Eclipses of the Sun and Moon; also, Wonders in the Creation, as Earthquakes, Ebbing and Flowing of the Sea, &c.
Date: 1725