An inquiry into the nature of sleep and death, with a view to ascertain the more immediate causes of death, and the better regulation of the means of obviating them. Republished by permission ... of the Royal society, from the Philosophical Transactions for 1827-29-31-33 and -34. Being the concluding part of the author's Experimental inquiry into the laws of the vital functions / By A.P.W. Philip.

  • Philip, Alexander Philip Wilson, 1770-1847.
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An inquiry into the nature of sleep and death, with a view to ascertain the more immediate causes of death, and the better regulation of the means of obviating them. Republished by permission ... of the Royal society, from the Philosophical Transactions for 1827-29-31-33 and -34. Being the concluding part of the author's Experimental inquiry into the laws of the vital functions / By A.P.W. Philip. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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London : H. Renshaw, 1834.

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2 unnumbered leaves, ii pages, [v]-xix, 254, 2 pages ; (8vo)

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Experimental inquiry into the laws of the vital functions

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I. On the functions of the nervous system.--II. Some observations on the effects of dividing the nerves of the lungs and subjecting them to the influence of voltaic electricity.--III. Some observations relating to the function of digestion.--IV. On the sources and nature of the powers of circulation.--V. On the relation which subsists between the nervous and muscular systems in the more perfect animals.--VI. On the nature of sleep.--VII. On the nature of death.--Appendix.

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