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William Benjamin Carpenter. in Nature , a new modus operandi of a Force previously known under another form . There was here , then , a perfect readiness to admit a novelty which seemed so unmistakably demonstrated , though transcending ...
William Benjamin Carpenter. in Nature , a new modus operandi of a Force previously known under another form . There was here , then , a perfect readiness to admit a novelty which seemed so unmistakably demonstrated , though transcending ...
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... previously published a dissertation On the Influence of the Planets on the Human Body , announced his dis- covery of a universal fluid , ' the immediate agent of all the phenomena of nature , in which life originates , and by which it ...
... previously published a dissertation On the Influence of the Planets on the Human Body , announced his dis- covery of a universal fluid , ' the immediate agent of all the phenomena of nature , in which life originates , and by which it ...
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... previously taken up his position . Although this gen- tleman had usually found two or three minutes sufficient to send the girl to sleep , when he was in his own drawing - room and she was in the kitchen , the two being separated by ...
... previously taken up his position . Although this gen- tleman had usually found two or three minutes sufficient to send the girl to sleep , when he was in his own drawing - room and she was in the kitchen , the two being separated by ...
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... previously studied the influence of the Mind upon the Body . As Mr. Braid justly remarked , " It unfortunately happens " that the only test of this alleged new Force is the " Human Nerve ; and not only so , but it is further ad ...
... previously studied the influence of the Mind upon the Body . As Mr. Braid justly remarked , " It unfortunately happens " that the only test of this alleged new Force is the " Human Nerve ; and not only so , but it is further ad ...
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... previously suggested , positive or negative results being thus obtained with either pole , as Mr. Braid might direct . I had myself the opportunity of witnessing these ' vigilant phenɔmena ' ( as Mr. Braid termed them , from their being ...
... previously suggested , positive or negative results being thus obtained with either pole , as Mr. Braid might direct . I had myself the opportunity of witnessing these ' vigilant phenɔmena ' ( as Mr. Braid termed them , from their being ...
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