Galen: On the Natural Faculties by Galen

2 by Galen, Galen, Brock, Arthur John, 1878-1947

Chapter 42: Chapter XII

Chapter 42: Chapter XII

The factor which brings the expulsive faculty into action is essentially a condition of the organ or its contents which is the reverse of that which determined attraction. Analogy between abortion and normal parturition. Whatever produces _discomfort_ must be expelled. That discomfort also determines expulsion of contents from gall-bladder is not so evident as in the case of stomach, uterus, urinary bladder, etc., but can be logically demonstrated.
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