The Encyclopedia Britannica1899 |
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... conditions of the mind in order to relieve or gratify certain sensations or desires ; and whenever the same state of ... condition and continue even where their utility is lost . ( 3 ) Certain muscles which pro- duce these actions become ...
... conditions of the mind in order to relieve or gratify certain sensations or desires ; and whenever the same state of ... condition and continue even where their utility is lost . ( 3 ) Certain muscles which pro- duce these actions become ...
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... condition and cause ; as Huxley in one of his earliest writings put it , " They [ cells ] are no more the producers ... conditions , attempts to put physiology on the same footing as physics and chemistry , and regards all vital ...
... condition and cause ; as Huxley in one of his earliest writings put it , " They [ cells ] are no more the producers ... conditions , attempts to put physiology on the same footing as physics and chemistry , and regards all vital ...
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... condition of rest the body assumes a more or less spherical shape . By the active transference of part of the mass ... conditions to which the body is exposed . They appear to be analogous to what in higher animals we speak of as acts of ...
... condition of rest the body assumes a more or less spherical shape . By the active transference of part of the mass ... conditions to which the body is exposed . They appear to be analogous to what in higher animals we speak of as acts of ...
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... condition of their muscular walls , whether con- tracted or relaxed ; and this condition is determined by the advent of nervous impulses , the so - called vaso - motor im- pulses , arising in the central nervous system and passing down ...
... condition of their muscular walls , whether con- tracted or relaxed ; and this condition is determined by the advent of nervous impulses , the so - called vaso - motor im- pulses , arising in the central nervous system and passing down ...
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... condition of speculation to that of demonstrated truth , we should be brought face to face with the fact that the mere act of building up or the mere act of breaking down affects the condition of protoplasm in other ways than the one ...
... condition of speculation to that of demonstrated truth , we should be brought face to face with the fact that the mere act of building up or the mere act of breaking down affects the condition of protoplasm in other ways than the one ...
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