The Five Senses of ManHenry S. King & Company, 1876 - 304 páginas |
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... takes place in the brain . The sensation of light does not take place in the eye , where there is only an impression of light upon the expanded surface of the optic nerve ; the sensation of light cannot , however , take place in the ...
... takes place in the brain . The sensation of light does not take place in the eye , where there is only an impression of light upon the expanded surface of the optic nerve ; the sensation of light cannot , however , take place in the ...
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... takes place if the optic nerve is irritated in any way whatever by those influences which have an irritating effect on other nerves , such as electricity , heat , and chemical action . Objective light , that is to say , the light ...
... takes place if the optic nerve is irritated in any way whatever by those influences which have an irritating effect on other nerves , such as electricity , heat , and chemical action . Objective light , that is to say , the light ...
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... takes place in the nerve . All It is clear that these ideas must be extended to the other sensory organs of taste , smell , and touch . sensory nerves are only intended to communicate the fact of an excitement of the nerve from the ...
... takes place in the nerve . All It is clear that these ideas must be extended to the other sensory organs of taste , smell , and touch . sensory nerves are only intended to communicate the fact of an excitement of the nerve from the ...
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... takes place only with the aid of the accompanying sensations of the senses - those , namely , of pressure , touch , and temperature . If we ab- stract it from the latter , then the sensation of pain has in all cases the same character ...
... takes place only with the aid of the accompanying sensations of the senses - those , namely , of pressure , touch , and temperature . If we ab- stract it from the latter , then the sensation of pain has in all cases the same character ...
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... takes place in the brain , and can only be explained by the supposition , that in our imagination a picture , as it were , of our skin's surface exists , in which we seek for the position of the spot where contact has taken place , and ...
... takes place in the brain , and can only be explained by the supposition , that in our imagination a picture , as it were , of our skin's surface exists , in which we seek for the position of the spot where contact has taken place , and ...
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action apparatus appear auditory canal auditory nerve basilar membrane binocular vision body brain cause centre Cloth cochlea colours consonance Demy 8vo direction dissonance distance distinctly ear-bones Eustachian tube excitement experience external ear Fcap fenestra ovalis fibres of Corti field of vision finger fixed fundamental tone harmonics Helmholtz Illustrations imagine impression instance instrument International Scientific Series inwards irritation labyrinth labyrinthine fluid lens light manner minor third motion muscles musical nerve-fibres number of vibrations objects observed octave olfactory olfactory nerve optic nerve organs of Corti papillæ peculiar perceive perception picture pitch Poems position possess post 8vo produced rays recognise resonator retina Second Edition seen sensation sense of touch sensitive fields sensory circle sensory organs skin Small crown 8vo smell sound sound-waves stereoscopic string substances suppose surface sympathetic vibrations takes place taste terminal tion tongue tube tuning-fork tympanic cavity tympanic membrane vols waves whilst
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