Human life and the body : an essay on the force of Man-life ... / by A. Rabagliati.

  • Rabagliati, A. (Andrea Carlo Francesco), 1843-
Date:
[1920?]
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Credit: Human life and the body : an essay on the force of Man-life ... / by A. Rabagliati. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    EPITOME. TITLE OF ESSAY—INTRODUCTION. (Page 4). Definition and object of human body. Likened to machine. Is a machine made by man-life to do all the work of man-life. Made for work not for idle¬ ness. The varied work of man-life. Kinds of work per¬ formed by man-life. (Page 4). Respiratory organs developed from digestive tract. Purposes : to carry off waste products and to admit oxygen. Mechanical work of body—Motion and locomo¬ tion. (Page 4). Sensation, perception, consciousness, as manifested through the body. Observing, reasoning, emotion, will, worship. Man-life a variety of the universal energy. Relations to other forms of life. (Page 5). Acts as medium of its own reproduction. Not necessarily through ancestors, although usually so. The human form arose when the environment was ready for it. (Page 5). Preparation for it through long ages. Muta¬ tion. Simultaneous appearance and successive succession. Come for all things are now ready. Time which begins shall also (page 5) be no longer. The allegorical Adam died when born at 930 years of age.
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