Lectures on the physical phenomena of living beings. Translated under the superintendence of J. Pereira1847 |
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... Endosmose - IV . Absorption in Animals and Vegetables V. Digestion VI . Respiration . - Gaseous Endosmose VII . Hæmatosis . - Nutrition . - Animal Heat VIII . Phosphorescence of Organised Beings IX . The Muscular Electrical Current Page ...
... Endosmose - IV . Absorption in Animals and Vegetables V. Digestion VI . Respiration . - Gaseous Endosmose VII . Hæmatosis . - Nutrition . - Animal Heat VIII . Phosphorescence of Organised Beings IX . The Muscular Electrical Current Page ...
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... endosmose . Vital phenomena ; a complete ex- planation of them is , at present , not possible . General conclusions . Objects and limits of the study of the physico - chemical phenomena of living beings . Precision of language and ...
... endosmose . Vital phenomena ; a complete ex- planation of them is , at present , not possible . General conclusions . Objects and limits of the study of the physico - chemical phenomena of living beings . Precision of language and ...
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... endosmose alone , effected entirely under the dominion of physical forces , explain the mechanism of cell - life ; we can tell how the ma- terials necessary for nutrition are able to penetrate the cell , whilst others are eliminated ...
... endosmose alone , effected entirely under the dominion of physical forces , explain the mechanism of cell - life ; we can tell how the ma- terials necessary for nutrition are able to penetrate the cell , whilst others are eliminated ...
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... endosmose require to be studied on account of their agency in the phenomena of absorption and exhalation . Capillary attraction , phenomena of ; theory . Imbibition , phenomena of ; differs for different liquids and at different ...
... endosmose require to be studied on account of their agency in the phenomena of absorption and exhalation . Capillary attraction , phenomena of ; theory . Imbibition , phenomena of ; differs for different liquids and at different ...
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... endosmose , —phe- nomena which , as we already know , can be exercised by inorganic bodies . The importance of studying these two functions is so great , that I purpose devoting the whole of this lecture to the examination of the purely ...
... endosmose , —phe- nomena which , as we already know , can be exercised by inorganic bodies . The importance of studying these two functions is so great , that I purpose devoting the whole of this lecture to the examination of the purely ...
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