Human physiology v.1, Volume 1Blanchard & Lea, 1856 |
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... cause , why decomposition occurs so much more rapidly in the animal than in the vegetable ; and in the succulent more than in the dry vegetable . If we analyze the structure of the vege table , we cannot succeed in detecting more than ...
... cause , why decomposition occurs so much more rapidly in the animal than in the vegetable ; and in the succulent more than in the dry vegetable . If we analyze the structure of the vege table , we cannot succeed in detecting more than ...
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... cause that produced many of the distinctions already pointed out , the possession , by the animal , of sensibility and locomotility . For example , every part of the generative act , as before remarked , is , in the vegetable , without ...
... cause that produced many of the distinctions already pointed out , the possession , by the animal , of sensibility and locomotility . For example , every part of the generative act , as before remarked , is , in the vegetable , without ...
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... cause of most affections is resident in the solids ; the humorists , that we are to look for it in the fluids . In this , as in similar cases , the mean will lead to the most satisfactory result . The causes of disease ought not to be ...
... cause of most affections is resident in the solids ; the humorists , that we are to look for it in the fluids . In this , as in similar cases , the mean will lead to the most satisfactory result . The causes of disease ought not to be ...
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... cause is with- drawn . The tissues , in which elasticity is inherent , are so disposed through the body , as to be kept in a state of distension by the mechani- cal circumstances of situation ; but as soon as these circumstances are ...
... cause is with- drawn . The tissues , in which elasticity is inherent , are so disposed through the body , as to be kept in a state of distension by the mechani- cal circumstances of situation ; but as soon as these circumstances are ...
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... cause the liquid to pass entirely through the body . If a capillary tube , capable of raising water to the height of six inches , be depressed , so that one inch only be above the surface , the water will rise to the top of the tube ...
... cause the liquid to pass entirely through the body . If a capillary tube , capable of raising water to the height of six inches , be depressed , so that one inch only be above the surface , the water will rise to the top of the tube ...
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