Theory of the human sensations / by Marmaduke Berdoe.

  • Marmaduke Berdoe
Date:
1773
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Credit: Theory of the human sensations / by Marmaduke Berdoe. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    the body* called the pit of the ftomach. —Anatomical enquiries have left us very uncertain as to that point* for very little is to be reaped from diffeftions of the part.—And if conjefture may be allowed* it ihould feem probable* that this great degree of feniibility is owing to fome peculiar properties in the , neighboring organs. To conlider this circumftance with more attention* we find that the dia¬ phragmatic centers are thofe only in the human body* which are in a con¬ tinual ftate of a6tion.—The imprelfions of the ambient air* put the diaphragm in motion, which ceafes with our exift- ence. Let not the objection however be too feverely urged again!! me* that in various diforders of the body* and feminine affections* the breath is fcarce to be perceived, or that perfons have lain