 | Walter Whiter - 1819 - 544 pages
..."resembling a violent shuddering from cold.1' On another application, " the knee being pre" viously bent, the leg was thrown out with " such violence,...nearly to overturn one of " the Assistants, who in vain endeavoured to " prevent its extension.'' In another experiment, the success of the devices of the... | |
 | John Linnaeus Edward Whitridge Shecut - Charleston (S.C.) - 1819 - 282 pages
...the hip to the heel, the knee being pre" viously bent, the leg was thrown out with such vi" olence, as nearly to overturn one of the assistants, " who in vain attempted to prevent its extension. In '' the second experiment, the rod was applied to the " phrenic nerve in the neck, when laborious breathing... | |
 | English literature - 1819 - 614 pages
...hour, by Dr Ure, of Glasgow, with a Voltaic battery of 270 pairs of 4-inch plates. On moving the rod from the hip to the heel, the knee being previously bent, the leg was thrown out will) such violence, as nearly to overfarm one of the assistants, who in vain attempted to prevent... | |
 | Anecdotes - 1820 - 442 pages
...voltaic battery of 270 pairs of 4-inch plates. The results were truly appalling. On moving the rod from the hip to the heel, the knee being previously...who in vain attempted to prevent its extension ! In the second experiment, the rod was applied to the phrenic nerve in the neck, when laborious breathing... | |
 | 1820 - 464 pages
...electric contact. On moving the second rod from the hip to the heel, the knee being previously oent, the leg was thrown out with such violence, as nearly...assistants, who in vain attempted to prevent its extension. "Dr. Jeffrey, the distinguished Professor of Anatomy, having on the preceding day requested Or. Ure... | |
 | Andrew Ure - Chemistry - 1821 - 512 pages
...powerfully convulsed at each renewal of the electric contact. On moving the second rod from the hi|> lo the heel, the knee being previously bent, the leg was thrown out with such violence, as nenrly to overturn one of the assistants, who in vain attempted to prevent its extension. Krp. 2. The... | |
 | Europe - 1823 - 944 pages
...muscle of the body was immediately agitated with convulsive movements ; and on moving the second rod from the hip to the heel, the knee being previously...with such violence, as nearly to overturn one of the assistant«, who in vain attempted to prerent its extension. la the second experiment the rod was applied... | |
 | 1823 - 944 pages
...muscle of the body was immediately agitated with convulsive movements ; and on moving the second rod from the hip to the heel, the knee being previously bent, the leg was thrown out with •uch violence, as nearly to overturn one of the assistants, who in vain attempted to prevent its... | |
 | Luke Herbert - Industrial arts - 1824 - 394 pages
...side was most powerfully convulsed at each renewal of the electric contact. On moving the second rod from the hip to the heel, the knee being previously...assistants, who in vain attempted to prevent its extension. . . Exp. 2. — The left phrenic nerve was now laid bare at the outer edge of the slernothyroideus... | |
 | Sir Richard Phillips - Physics - 1826 - 254 pages
...immediately agitated with convulsive movements resembling a violent shuddering from cold. On moving the rod to the heel, the knee being previously bent, the leg...assistants, who in vain attempted to prevent its extension. The next experiment was made by directing the galvanic power in the course of the phrenic nerve, which... | |
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The left side was most powerfully convulsed at each renewal of the electric contact. On moving the second rod from the hip to the heel, the knee being previously bent, the leg was thrown out with such violence as nearly to overturn one of the assistants,... 
