History of Montgomery County : embracing early discoveries, the advance of civilization, the labors and triumphs of Sir William Johnson, the inception and development of manufactures, with town and local records, also military achievements of Montgomery patriots . r, has been made dur-ing the last one hundred years, and chiefly during the last half no longer believe (as did the practitioners of the sixteenthcentury), that the planets have a direct and controlling action on thebody, or that the sun operates on the heart and the moon upon thebrain ; nor do they now believe
History of Montgomery County : embracing early discoveries, the advance of civilization, the labors and triumphs of Sir William Johnson, the inception and development of manufactures, with town and local records, also military achievements of Montgomery patriots . r, has been made dur-ing the last one hundred years, and chiefly during the last half no longer believe (as did the practitioners of the sixteenthcentury), that the planets have a direct and controlling action on thebody, or that the sun operates on the heart and the moon upon thebrain ; nor do they now believe that the vital spirits are prepared in thebrain by distillation. On the contrary, modern physiology teaches thatthe phenomena of the living body are the results of physical and chem-ical changes ; the temperature of the blood is now ascertained by thethermometer, and the different fluids and gases of the body are an-alyzed by the chemist, giving to each its own properties and functions. Botanists are now acquainted with 150,000 plants, of which a largeproportion are constantly being added to the already appalling list oinew remedies. Many of the latter possess little if any virtue, yet byliberal advertising they hold a place in nearly everj drug store. The.
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