The Five Senses of ManHenry S. King & Company, 1876 - 304 páginas |
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... excited . The terminations of the optic nerve in the eye can only be excited by light - waves , not by sound - waves , and the latter can only excite the terminations of the auditory nerve in the ear . For the tactile nerves of the skin ...
... excited . The terminations of the optic nerve in the eye can only be excited by light - waves , not by sound - waves , and the latter can only excite the terminations of the auditory nerve in the ear . For the tactile nerves of the skin ...
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Julius Bernstein. irritated by the excited nerve ; and since we can follow the optic nerve up to its origin in the ... excitement had proceeded from the eye . In such cases the sensation of light occurs without any external objective ...
Julius Bernstein. irritated by the excited nerve ; and since we can follow the optic nerve up to its origin in the ... excitement had proceeded from the eye . In such cases the sensation of light occurs without any external objective ...
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... excited at its termination , communicates its condition to the brain , and causes in the centre of the auditory nerve the sensation of sound . The sensation of sound , therefore , can take place without a sound - wave reaching the ear ...
... excited at its termination , communicates its condition to the brain , and causes in the centre of the auditory nerve the sensation of sound . The sensation of sound , therefore , can take place without a sound - wave reaching the ear ...
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... excited condition of the sensorium is the material fact which corresponds to a sensation ; and it is un- necessary ... excitement within the sensorium . Abnormal excitements also , which occur in the case of lunatics , or abnormal states ...
... excited condition of the sensorium is the material fact which corresponds to a sensation ; and it is un- necessary ... excitement within the sensorium . Abnormal excitements also , which occur in the case of lunatics , or abnormal states ...
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... excitement which produces sen- sation exceeds a certain strength , whether this be by means of pressure , heat or cold , or chemically by means of caustic substances . We cannot , however , consider pain as a sensation of the senses ...
... excitement which produces sen- sation exceeds a certain strength , whether this be by means of pressure , heat or cold , or chemically by means of caustic substances . We cannot , however , consider pain as a sensation of the senses ...
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