Alexander Philip Wilson Philip

“ That what has been called nervous system consists of two parts, one purely sensorial, the other conveying impressions.
That the three powers are combined in the most perfect animals. That the muscular may be destroyed through the nervous system, and the nervous through the sensorial; and though each is not strictly dependent on the others, they are so connected that no one can exist long without the others. ”

“ But though a frog be rendered insensible by application of spirit of wine to its feet, the heart nevertheless continues to act, and its force is even increased by subsequent application of spirit of wine to the brain or spinal marrow. ”

“ The author's ultimate object is to ascertain the manner in which certain poisons act in destroying life; but for this purpose he found it necessary previously to determine how far the powers of the nervous and sanguiferous systems depend on each other; and though it be generally allowed that the powers of the nervous system cannot continue long after the cessation of the circulation of the blood, the converse is not so generally admitted; since there are persons who maintain that the nervous power may be wholly destroyed without impairing the vigour of the heart. ”