On the adaptation of external nature to the physical condition of man principally with reference to the supply of his wants and the exercise of his intellectual faculties / By John Kidd.

John Kidd

Date:: 1834

Credit: On the adaptation of external nature to the physical condition of man principally with reference to the supply of his wants and the exercise of his intellectual faculties / By John Kidd. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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$Aristotle. *X(L ™ irXeiorra tuov ^pbs TOVTOIS, J] a(f)LT](TL TO TTepLTTCOpU ■njs Tpocf)ijs—ou yap ttuctiv vnap- X^L TOVTO. p. 6. There are fibres of a peculiar kind in the blood: by the re- moval of which that fluid is prevented from coagulating: but if they are not removed, it does coagulate. And through defect of these fibres the blood of the deer and of some other animals does not coagulate. *Ectti Kal «XAo yevos Ivcov, & yiverai pev ev alpaTi'—cov e^aipov- pevcor ek. tov alparos ov nr/ywrai to aipa, ear de prj egaipebcocri, nrjyuv- Tai. p.64. ’Ev per ovv r<5 tcov nXei- cttoov aipaTi £cocov eveccriv, ev 8e r<5 ttjs eXcapov Kal 7rpOKos Kal f3ov(3a- AtSos Kal aXXoov tlvSov ovk eveLaiv Ires' 8to Kal ov TtiyyvvTai avTciov to aipa opoicos rots clXXois, aWa to per tcov eXacfioov vrapanX-qalcos r<u tcov 8aavno8covc. p. 65. The particular senses are five in number, sight, hearing, smell, taste, and touch. Of Cuvier, tom. I. animaux oil les excreinens res- sortent par la bouclie, et dont l’intestin ait la forme d’un sac sans issue, p. 41. The blood contains a prin- ciple called Jibrine; which, within a short time after the blood has been withdrawn from the body, manifests itself in the form of membranes or fila- ments. (Le fluide nourricier, ou le sang)—contient la fibrine et la gelatine presque toutes dis- posees a se contracter et a prendre les formes de mem- branes ou de filamens qui leur sont propres, du moins suffit-il d’un peu de repos pour qu’elles s’y manifestent. p. 27- The most general external sense is that of touch ; its seat is the surface of the whole c It is deserving of notice, that the animals whose blood is said not to coa- gulate are such as are usually killed in hunting; and it is understood by phy- siologists in general, that excessive exercise and violent mental emotions, both which occur in hunted animals, prevent the blood from coagulating. Two of the species here mentioned by Aristotle and Icaruvous or >.etyuos) are mentioned by Homer as commonly hunted : —ity'iWTKOv viol avSgSf Alyce.} It' uy^ori^c/.f, t^oko.t, j$8 \u.yuoi/(. Ol)YS8. P. 2flf>.$