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JE. MAEEY (b. Beaune, Cote-d'Or, 1830) in 1860 published an 

 account of the sphygmograph that bears his name. I need 

 not dwell on his method of air transmission, tambours, and all 

 that he and Chauveau have done for the advancement of physiology, 

 and above all for the graphic method. England gave the impulse, 

 Ludwig wrote the blood pressure in terms of millimetres of mercury, 

 the transmission of movements was in the air, and Marey made the air 

 subservient to the transmission of movement. 



WHILE dealing with these remarkable phenomena of inhibition, 

 it may be not uninteresting to give a picture of the famous 

 Jesuit ATHANASIUS KIRCHER (1602-1680), who was 

 born near Eisnach, joined the order of the Jesuits, was Professor in 

 Wiirzburg in 1631, where he published his Ars Magnesia, dealing 



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ATHANASIUS KIRCHER. 



with " Magnetismus." He soon left Wiirzburg, and ultimately, through 

 the influence of Cardinal Berberini, he was for some years teacher of 

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