The principles of physiology by John Augustus Unzer; and A dissertation on the functions of the nervous system, by George Prochaska.

  • Unzer, Johann August, 1727-1799.
Date:
1851
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    Organism the, how far the general forces of physical bodies belong to, 3; to what extent the laws of mechanics applicable to, 5; a sensible and in- sensible, 52 ; an irritable and inirritable, 432 ; as a living animal, 600 Organs, of the external senses, 55 ; as mechanical machines, subject to same laws, 177 ; effect of external sensations on, 216; seat of the same nerve-actions as the muscular system, 539 Organs,the sexual,are extremely sensitive, 178; their functions may be induced by the vis nervosa alone, 481; nerve- actions from non-conceptional internal impressions on, 340 ; all animals born with, 654; as centres of animal forces, 673 Pain, in what consists, 80; sensational and intellectual, 88; action of, on the organism, 136-200; its actions on the mechanical machines, 204; its action on the vital movements, 250, 333 Passions, the, 91; each of, how com- pounded, 93; what doctrines apply to, 256; instinctive, 302; incidental action of the primary, 305 ; actions of the joyous, 306-308; actions of the painful and distressing, 309-328; the instinctive as nerve-actions, 562; their sentient actions as nerve-actions, 563- 573 Penis, effect of foreseeings and desires on the, 178; Haller's opinion on the swelling of its corpora spongiosa, 178 Perceptions, sensational, 76 Physiognomy, 166 Physiologically free, as applied to con- ceptions, 27, 89 Pleasure, impression of, distinct from that of pain, 80; sensational and in- tellectual, 89; its action on the organ- ism, 191; its action on the vital move- ments, 250, 333; calm, more favorable to health and life than when in excess, 252, 253 Pleasure and pain, nature of their im- pressions, 124 Preservation, pain the sentinel of, 184 ; impressions necessary to, in insentient animals given by nature, 609; move- ments, necessary to, effected by the vis nervosa, 610 Procreation, see Generation. Propagation of the species, instinct of, 262, iii, 289 ; its excitement and satis- faction, 263 ; analysed, 273; its sensa- tional stimulus, 289; its sentient as nerve-actions, 560 ; as a period in the life of an animal, 652-657 Propensities, actions of the sensational, 260, 261 Pulse, the arterial,how far may be a nerve- action, 519,520; influenced by all non- conceptional impressions exciting mus- cular action, 521 Reasoning animal, a, 605 Reasons, 88 Reciprocal connection, defined, 345; of the animal-sentient forces with the vis nervosa, 590-597 Reflection, the act of, 77 Reflex action, of an external impression on the heart, 515; of the brain in the instincts, 564 Reflexion, of an external impression in a sentient brain, or ganglion, 365, 415, ii; see also Nerve-actions and impres- sions, external and internal Regret, its nature and sentient actions, 312 Reiz, so called contractility, 3 Repose, the instinct for, its nature and natural stimulus, 287; its nerve-actions, 558 Respiration, the instinct of, 285; how far a nerve-action in thenewly-bom,285, 286,526; may take place independently of brain or mind, 475 Revenge, the desire of, an instinctive passion, 301; a depressing passion, 322; the heart's action in, 323; its union with anger, 324; the special changes by its sentient actions, 325; means of controlling it, 326; may be induced by the vis nervosa only, 572 Reverie, [dichtet,] 237 Schmerz, suffering, 80, 187, 195 Secretion, animal, but sometimes a sen- tient action, 172; may be a direct nerve- action, 471-473 SeelenwirJcungen, mental, sentient, or sen- sational acts, 6, 99, iii Self-defence, the instinct of, 262, ii, 288 Self-love, sensational, 280 Self-preservation, the instinct of, 262, ii, 263 Sense-like impression, a, 31 Senselikeness, 32 ; its varying degree in the conceptions, 112 Sensation, the term used in a threefold sense, 34 note\ precedes all other conceptions, 65 ; a certain use of the term proposed, 402 Sensation, as used by Buffon, 402 Sensational, 31 note', force, or sensi- bility, 34 ; memory, 72 ; foreseeings and expectations, see Foreseeings and Expectations; pleasure and suffering.