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Excerpt from The Magic Wand and Medical Guide: Containing Information of Great Practical Use in Love, Courtship, and Marriage; Also, the Detection, Prevention, and Cure of Diseases in General
Wain! We investigate the cendition ofthe various orders of vertebrate animals, which alone admit of a comparison with our, own species; we find, on ithe, one hand, great differences among them, with regard to both thei1 physical and mental! Faculties, and. Onxtheaother; hand anot less marked difi'eience as to the, shucture oftheir brain. In all of them the brain has a central organ, which is a con tinualion of the spinal; cord, to whichdras been given the nameiiof Medulla Oblongatd In xlconnectionfiwith this, there are othe1 bodies placed 1n pairs, ofa small size and simple structure, in the lowest species offish, becoming gradually large1 and as we trace them through the other classes, uh teach their greatest degree (if development 1111111111 himself. That. Each oftliese bodies has its peculiar. Functions, it is apprehended; there cannot be the smallest doubt, and it is, indeed, sufficiently probable, that each of themiis not a, single organ, but a congeries of o1gans, having distinct and sepaiate uses. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
