 | James Manby Gully - 1851 - 486 pages
...But besides, this stimulating impr^ .sion is made upon the myriads of nerves of animal life sprc id over the skin, and derived from the brain and spinal...them, affects the vital energies of the viscera. It is ha this manner that it takes off languor, gives alacrity to mind and limb, clears away intellectual... | |
 | James Manby Gully - 1856 - 490 pages
...own temperature : and the shock is considerably modified by the attendant friction. The blood-vessels of the skin contract in the first instance, and subsequently...of the viscera. It is in this manner that it takes pff languor, gives alacrity to mind and limb, clears away intellectual and moral cloudiness, at the... | |
 | John Goodman (M.D.) - 1858 - 226 pages
...for immediate and vigorous exertion. "This stimulating impression is made, moreover," says Dr. Gully, "upon the myriads of nerves of animal life spread...skin, and derived from the brain and spinal cord, the energy and circulation in which it modifies, and effects, through them, the vital energies of the... | |
 | Ira Warren - 1859 - 764 pages
...trifling application, — one which is not capable of producing any great result. But when we remember 'the myriads of nerves of animal life, spread over...skin, and derived from the brain and spinal cord, it need not surprize us that its application should so invigorate the body, take on bodily and mental... | |
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The blood-vessels of the skin contract in the first instance, and subsequently relax, admitting More blood into their calibre ; a double action, which is reiterated by the friction, until a good amount of blood is fixed in the skin, to be maintained by... 