An inquiry how far the vital and animal actions of the more perfect animals can be accounted for independent of the brain : in five essays being the substance of the Chandos lectures for the year 1739, and some subsequent years / By Thomas Simson.

  • Thomas Simson
Date:
1752
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Credit: An inquiry how far the vital and animal actions of the more perfect animals can be accounted for independent of the brain : in five essays being the substance of the Chandos lectures for the year 1739, and some subsequent years / By Thomas Simson. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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