Download or read book Anatomical and Pathological Observations (Classic Reprint) written by John Goodsir and published by . This book was released on 2015-09-27 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Anatomical and Pathological Observations "Although it shew not the agent, yet it sheweth a rule and analogy in nature, to say, that the solid parts of animals are endued with attractive powers, whereby from contiguous fluids, they draw like to like; and that glands have peculiar powers attractive of peculiar juices" Berkeley. "Even herein consists the essential difference, the contra-distinction, of an organ from a machine; that not only the characteristic shape is evolved from the invisible central power, but the material mass itself is acquired by assimilation. The germinal power of the plant transmutes the fixed air and the elementary base of water into grass or leaves; and on these the organific principle in the ox or the elephant exercises an alchemy still more stupendous. As the unseen agency weaves its magic eddies, the foliage becomes indifferently the bone and its marrow, the pulpy brain, or the solid ivory." Coleridge. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.