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... supply of oxygen to the blood and the removal of its effete gases , the products of decomposition and principally carbonic acid . If this exchange of gases could be effected by any other process than that of air - breathing , the end ...
... supply of oxygen to the blood and the removal of its effete gases , the products of decomposition and principally carbonic acid . If this exchange of gases could be effected by any other process than that of air - breathing , the end ...
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... supply of this agent is not suffi- cient for the vast purposes which it is required to effect , the consequences cannot be other than disastrous . All other supplies may be abundant , but , if that of oxygen fails , the animal must ...
... supply of this agent is not suffi- cient for the vast purposes which it is required to effect , the consequences cannot be other than disastrous . All other supplies may be abundant , but , if that of oxygen fails , the animal must ...
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... strictly scientific experimentalist , concerned solely to ascertain the minimum supply which the animal requires , dis- covers that the quantity necessary is very large ; but in practice it is found to be much larger Breathing . 31.
... strictly scientific experimentalist , concerned solely to ascertain the minimum supply which the animal requires , dis- covers that the quantity necessary is very large ; but in practice it is found to be much larger Breathing . 31.
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... supply . It is too much the fashion to neglect the subject of atmosphere while we are busy with questions of water - supply , sewerage , vaccination , and the other thousand and one precautions against disease which the community is ...
... supply . It is too much the fashion to neglect the subject of atmosphere while we are busy with questions of water - supply , sewerage , vaccination , and the other thousand and one precautions against disease which the community is ...
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... supply the blood with oxygen . To this end the whole blood in the body courses through the vessels under the pump - like action of the heart , being exposed in detail to the air in the lungs . The heart contracts , say , roughly , four ...
... supply the blood with oxygen . To this end the whole blood in the body courses through the vessels under the pump - like action of the heart , being exposed in detail to the air in the lungs . The heart contracts , say , roughly , four ...
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