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100 1 _aCurtis, Henry,
_d1792-1862
245 1 3 _aAn Attempt to Investigate the Seat of Animal Life
264 1 _aSalt Lake City, UT :
_bProject Gutenberg,
_c2021
300 _a1 online resource :
_bmultiple file formats
336 _atext
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_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
_bc
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
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500 _aRelease date is 2021-12-25
508 _aSonya Schermann, Donald Cummings and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)
520 _a"An Attempt to Investigate the Seat of Animal Life" by Henry Curtis is a scientific publication written in the early 19th century. This inaugural essay delves into the complexities of animal life, specifically exploring the principles behind vital functions and the intrinsic nature of living systems. The author seeks to establish a clear understanding of the mechanisms of motion and vitality within the human body, while critiquing various prevailing theories of his time. In this work, Curtis presents his examination of the physiological basis of animal life, arguing against the notion that life is solely derived from organic machinery or innate vitality in muscles. He elaborates on the importance of the nervous system and the brain as centers of life and motion, proposing that vital functions arise from their coordinated actions. Curtis critiques the fallacies of prominent theories from earlier physiologists and discusses factors like blood’s role, the connection between the brain and muscle action, and the impact of external stimuli on living systems. Ultimately, he posits that understanding life necessitates a focus on the nervous system and the broader principles that govern living organisms, while cautioning against reliance on untested speculation in medical science. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
534 _pOriginally published:
_cUnited States: Benjamin Edes, 1812
653 _aLife (Biology)
653 _aThesis (M.D.)
856 4 _uhttps://archive.org/details/2548034R.nlm.nih.gov/page/n5/mode/2up
856 4 0 _uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/67007
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