Mooney, James

In the late nineteenth century, American medical professionals became aware of peyote s health benefits after observing its effects among Indians. Once he became familiar with use of the cactus in treating illnesses, James Mooney recommended it to Dr. D.W. Prentiss and Dr. Francis P. Morgan, the latter a noted pharmacologist, and they decided to undertake tests with the peyote buttons Mooney supplied. 

It is interesting to compare eq. (3.54) with the expressions obtained from the statistical theories (Fig. 3.20). According to both the affine network model and the phantom network model of James and Guth, the reduced stress remains constant and independent of strain, which is not the case for the Mooney-Rivlin equation. 

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