An Essay on the Vital and Other Involuntary Motions of Animals |
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action affected almoſt alſo alternate contractions alternate motions animals anſwer arteries aſcribed auricles becauſe blood body brain cafe cauſe cava cavity ceaſe cerebellum compreffion confiderable conſequence continue convulfive diaphragm diastole dilated diſagreeable diſtance diſtended elaſtic Eſſay excited expiration fætus fame fentient principle fibres fince firſt fluids fome foon ftimulus fuch glottis heart increaſed inſpiration intercoſtal involuntary motions irritation itſelf laſt left ventricle leſs leſſened light loſe lungs membranes mind moſt muſcles muſcular muſt neceſſarily neceſſary nerves obſerved owing paſſage preſent pulmonary pulmonary veins pulſe pupil puſhed reaſon relaxed reſpiration retina right auricle right ventricle ſame ſay ſciences ſcles Sect ſeems ſenſe ſenſible ſentient ſeparated ſerve ſeveral ſhall ſhew ſhould ſince ſmall ſome ſpirits ſtate ſtill ſtomach ſtretching ſtrong ſtronger ſtrongly ſtructure ſuch ſufficient ſuppoſed themſelves theſe theſe motions thorax thoſe tion traction uneaſy ſenſation uſual uvea ventricle veſſels vibrations vital motions voluntary whoſe