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Page 120
... cause of tumours in Fibiger's animals , that parasites play an insig- nificant role in causing cancer , and that tissue irritation is only one of many direct causes of cancer , Fibiger's findings were a necessary prelude to the ...
... cause of tumours in Fibiger's animals , that parasites play an insig- nificant role in causing cancer , and that tissue irritation is only one of many direct causes of cancer , Fibiger's findings were a necessary prelude to the ...
Page 153
... cause , term employed in the philosoph- ical argument that God is the primal initiator of the cosmos . The term was used by Greek thinkers and became an underlying assump- tion in the Judeo - Christian tradition . Many philosophers and ...
... cause , term employed in the philosoph- ical argument that God is the primal initiator of the cosmos . The term was used by Greek thinkers and became an underlying assump- tion in the Judeo - Christian tradition . Many philosophers and ...
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... cause the formation of galls but inhabit those made by other in- sects . The overgrowth of tissue , or gall , pre- sumably is caused by a substance secreted by the immature insect living within it . Most of the approximately 600 species ...
... cause the formation of galls but inhabit those made by other in- sects . The overgrowth of tissue , or gall , pre- sumably is caused by a substance secreted by the immature insect living within it . Most of the approximately 600 species ...
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