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... obtaining fresh material , will grow in a fashion as definitely charac- teristic and as easily to be foretold as that of a living creature . It is , there- fore , necessary to explain the distinctions which exist in this respect between ...
... obtaining fresh material , will grow in a fashion as definitely charac- teristic and as easily to be foretold as that of a living creature . It is , there- fore , necessary to explain the distinctions which exist in this respect between ...
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... obtained becomes combined with the elements of water ab- sorbed by the roots , to form starch . By the re - arrangement of the elements composing this body , with the addition of nitrogen and sulphur derived from nitrates and sulphates ...
... obtained becomes combined with the elements of water ab- sorbed by the roots , to form starch . By the re - arrangement of the elements composing this body , with the addition of nitrogen and sulphur derived from nitrates and sulphates ...
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... obtained from the external ear of rats , mice , or other small mam- mals . It is composed almost en- tirely of cells ( hence the name ) , which are packed very closely , with little or no matrix . When present the matrix consists of ...
... obtained from the external ear of rats , mice , or other small mam- mals . It is composed almost en- tirely of cells ( hence the name ) , which are packed very closely , with little or no matrix . When present the matrix consists of ...
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... obtained from the systemic veins , from the right side of the heart , and from the pulmonary artery , is of a much darker colour , and varies from bluish - red to reddish - black . At first sight , the red colour appears to belong to ...
... obtained from the systemic veins , from the right side of the heart , and from the pulmonary artery , is of a much darker colour , and varies from bluish - red to reddish - black . At first sight , the red colour appears to belong to ...
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... obtained by rapidly bleeding an animal to death , for then an indefinite quantity would remain in the vessels , as ... obtained from the mincings is carefully filtered , and added to the diluted blood previously obtained , and the whole ...
... obtained by rapidly bleeding an animal to death , for then an indefinite quantity would remain in the vessels , as ... obtained from the mincings is carefully filtered , and added to the diluted blood previously obtained , and the whole ...
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