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... materials of its organic structure . Thus among Plants and the lower Animals , we find an indefiniteness in point of size , depending upon the tendency to multipli- cation of similar parts , which has been designated as vegetative ...
... materials of its organic structure . Thus among Plants and the lower Animals , we find an indefiniteness in point of size , depending upon the tendency to multipli- cation of similar parts , which has been designated as vegetative ...
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... materials of their own growth , but also as the food of Animals , whose existence is entirely dependent upon them , since they possess no such combining power . It is from the Water , Carbonic Acid , and Ammonia , supplied by the ...
... materials of their own growth , but also as the food of Animals , whose existence is entirely dependent upon them , since they possess no such combining power . It is from the Water , Carbonic Acid , and Ammonia , supplied by the ...
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... materials to itself from the elements around , and of incorpo- rating these with its own substance . The Vegetable cell may grow wherever it can obtain a supply of water , carbonic acid , and ammonia ; for these compounds supply it with ...
... materials to itself from the elements around , and of incorpo- rating these with its own substance . The Vegetable cell may grow wherever it can obtain a supply of water , carbonic acid , and ammonia ; for these compounds supply it with ...
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... materials employed , but which may be so closely allied to them in chemical composition , that the difference cannot ... material ; but in every case ( at least in the ordinary processes of growth and reparation ) the new tissue of each ...
... materials employed , but which may be so closely allied to them in chemical composition , that the difference cannot ... material ; but in every case ( at least in the ordinary processes of growth and reparation ) the new tissue of each ...
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... materials supplied by the very same blood . 34. The Nutrition of tissues , by the organization of the materials contained in the nutrient fluid with which they are supplied , may be superficially compared , therefore , to the act of ...
... materials supplied by the very same blood . 34. The Nutrition of tissues , by the organization of the materials contained in the nutrient fluid with which they are supplied , may be superficially compared , therefore , to the act of ...
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