A Treatise on human physiology ...Blanchard and Lea, 1859 - 608 pages |
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... readily distinguish living organisms from inanimate substances , are called Vital pheno- mena , or the phenomena of Life . Physiology consequently includes the study of all these phenomena , in whatever order or species of organized ...
... readily distinguish living organisms from inanimate substances , are called Vital pheno- mena , or the phenomena of Life . Physiology consequently includes the study of all these phenomena , in whatever order or species of organized ...
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... readily than pure water ; and tissues which have been desiccated will absorb pure water more abundantly than a saline solution . It must not be sup- posed , however , that the presence or absence of chloride of sodium , or its varying ...
... readily than pure water ; and tissues which have been desiccated will absorb pure water more abundantly than a saline solution . It must not be sup- posed , however , that the presence or absence of chloride of sodium , or its varying ...
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... readily dissolved . out by maceration in dilute muriatic acid , leaving behind the animal substance , which still retains the original form of the bone or cartilage . It is not , therefore , united with the animal matter so as to lose ...
... readily dissolved . out by maceration in dilute muriatic acid , leaving behind the animal substance , which still retains the original form of the bone or cartilage . It is not , therefore , united with the animal matter so as to lose ...
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... readily soluble in water , it naturally assumes the liquid form in the animal fluids . It is important principally as giving to the blood its alkalescent reaction , by which the solution of the albumen is facilitated , and various other ...
... readily soluble in water , it naturally assumes the liquid form in the animal fluids . It is important principally as giving to the blood its alkalescent reaction , by which the solution of the albumen is facilitated , and various other ...
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... readily understood when we recollect that muscular flesh and the animal tissues generally are comparatively abundant in phosphates ; while vegetable substances abound in salts of the organic acids , which give rise , as already ...
... readily understood when we recollect that muscular flesh and the animal tissues generally are comparatively abundant in phosphates ; while vegetable substances abound in salts of the organic acids , which give rise , as already ...
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abdominal absorbed abundant accordingly action afterward albumen alimentary alkaline allantois amnion animal arteries auricle becomes bile biliary blastodermic blood vessels blood-globules body canal capillary carbonic acid cavity cerebellum chemical chloride of sodium chorion chyle circulation coagulation color condition contain contraction decidua digestion discharged duct entire exhaled external extremity fibrin filaments fluid foetal foetus follicles gastric juice glands glandular globules glottis glyko-cholate heart hepatic human subject inch ingredients integument interior intestinal canal intestine irritation lacteals layer liver lungs matter medulla oblongata mucous membrane muscles muscular fibres nearly nerves nervous nutrition organic substances orifice ovary oxygen passes peculiar phosphate placenta portion posterior produced proportion proximate principles pulmonary quantity respiration saliva secretion side soda solid solution starch stomach sugar surface takes place temperature tion tissues tubes urine uterine uterus vascular vegetable vein vena cava venous ventricle vertebral veins vitelline vitellus Wolffian bodies
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