Magendie
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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Magendie thus accounts for the production of the voice.
From Mind Amongst the Spindles by Various
I asked him how Danvers bore himself, and he answered, with a courage and fortitude beyond belief, and that Magendie gave him comforting assurances.
From Nancy Stair A Novel by Elinor Macartney Lane
Is it Magendie, operating for cataract and plunging the needle to the bottom of the patient's eye, that by experiment upon a human being he might see the effect of irritating the retina?
From An Ethical Problem Or, Sidelights upon Scientific Experimentation on Man and Animals by Albert Leffingwell
It is not to-day regarded as conclusive of the theory which, after nearly two hundred repetitions of his experiment, was doubtless considered by Magendie as established beyond question.
From Vivisection by Albert Leffingwell
More than half a century ago, both Magendie and Sir Charles Bell pointed out that merely exposing and touching this fifth nerve gave signs of most acute pain.
From Vivisection by Albert Leffingwell
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