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Excerpt from The Critical Review, or Annals of Literature, 1785, Vol. 59 Dr. Gardiner introduces this volume with fome remarks on the vital principle, and the organs. Bywhich it is conveyed. In the relation of fafts, he is generally exafis but his reafon mg 1s generally defective; and through the whole, the liv ing principle, the principle of life, and life itfelf, are {0 frequently confounded, that the plainefi fubjet'l is obfcured. From the living principle, ' he tells us, in one pafl'age, dif fufed through the filial: and fluids, that principle of life, which is coeval with the animalcula in femine, arifes. But, though as many exceptions may be made to this fentence as it contains words, yet, in another place our author tells us, that the naich of the heart is th'efirj? Wital motion and that heat, which is infeparable from animal life, is not found in an egg, previous to incubation, or foon loft. In this part, we have 'not-obferved -a fingle new fact, or any remark, which we can franfcribe, with a view either to the entertainment OI advant age of the reader. The obfervations on Dr. Crawfbrd's Theq pry of Animal Heat have been again and again printed; and our author's own fyltem is (0 imperfeft, as fcarcely to deferve the name. In faét, it confitls chiefly of fome of the circum 'fiances which influenc'e the heat of animals, and' refers the whole to the living principle. The intelligent reader. Will recolleét various authors, who have already made equal ad vances; and, in moit of them, he will find the feveral faas more perfec'tly and advantageoufly detailed. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.