Project Gutenberg 2021-12-25 Public domain in the USA. 142 Curtis, Henry 1792 1862 34020173 An Attempt to Investigate the Seat of Animal Life $aUnited States :$bBenjamin Edes,$c1812. Sonya Schermann, Donald Cummings and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) "An Attempt to Investigate the Seat of Animal Life" by Henry Curtis is a scientific publication written in the early 19th century. This inaugural essay delves into the complexities of animal life, specifically exploring the principles behind vital functions and the intrinsic nature of living systems. The author seeks to establish a clear understanding of the mechanisms of motion and vitality within the human body, while critiquing various prevailing theories of his time. In this work, Curtis presents his examination of the physiological basis of animal life, arguing against the notion that life is solely derived from organic machinery or innate vitality in muscles. He elaborates on the importance of the nervous system and the brain as centers of life and motion, proposing that vital functions arise from their coordinated actions. Curtis critiques the fallacies of prominent theories from earlier physiologists and discusses factors like blood’s role, the connection between the brain and muscle action, and the impact of external stimuli on living systems. Ultimately, he posits that understanding life necessitates a focus on the nervous system and the broader principles that govern living organisms, while cautioning against reliance on untested speculation in medical science. (This is an automatically generated summary.) https://archive.org/details/2548034R.nlm.nih.gov/page/n5/mode/2up 20210721092546curtis 1812 us Reading ease score: 37.2 (College-level). Difficult to read. en Life (Biology) Thesis (M.D.) QH Text Category: Science - Biology Category: Health & Medicine 69235 2025-07-26T11:58:59.610096 text/html 46057 2024-10-18T17:50:09 text/html 174877 2025-07-26T11:59:02.225103 application/epub+zip 173756 2025-07-26T11:59:00.267109 application/epub+zip 98273 2025-07-26T11:58:59.875103 application/epub+zip 205846 2025-07-26T11:59:03.801064 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 193886 2025-07-26T11:59:01.927113 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 118789 2022-09-30T06:31:40.769742 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 59135 2025-07-26T11:58:59.431113 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 39068 2024-10-18T17:50:09 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 16624 2025-07-26T11:59:03.954074 application/rdf+xml 14577 2025-07-26T11:58:59.988085 image/jpeg 2683 2025-07-26T11:58:59.921095 image/jpeg 162124 2025-07-26T11:58:59.625111 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog