THE 



INSTITUTIONS 



OF 



PHYSIOLOGY 



SECT. I. 



OF THE LIVING HUMAN BODY IN GENERAL. 



1. IN the living human body, regarded as a peculiar 

 organisation, there are three objects of consideration.* 



The materials of its subsistence, afforded by the 

 fluids ; 



The structure of the solids, containing the fluids ; 



Lastly, and principally, the vital powers, by which 

 the solids are enabled to receive the influence of the 



* Thus, long ago, the author of the book generally included among the 

 writings of Hippocrates, Epidemic. VI. Sect. 8. 19. said, " Those things 

 which contain, are contained, or moved in us with force, are to be considered." 

 This celebrated passage gave origin to the excellent work of Abr. Kaau Boer- 

 haave, entitled, " Impe.ttnn faciens dictum Hippocrati per corpus consentiens." 



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