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The Correlation of Mental and Physical Force; or, Man a Part of Nature

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 February 2018

Henry Maudsley*
Affiliation:
Manchester Royal Lunatic Hospital

Extract

  1. 1 “Man and his Dwelling Place.” London: J. W. Parker & Sons, West Strand.

  2. 2 “Essay on the Unity of Science,” by Rev. B. Powell, F.K.S., &c.

  3. 3 “Order of Nature,” by the Rev. B. Powell.

  4. 4 Grove, on “The Correlation of the Physical Forces.”

  5. 5 On “The Mutual Relations of the Vital and Physical Forces.” Dr. Carpenter, Philosoph. Transac., 1850.

  6. 6 Oersted's “Soul in Nature.”

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Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1859 

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