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... , but it seems to pervade indiscriminately the intercellular passages as well as the cavities of the cells OF VITAL MOTION . 11 SECTION I OF VITAL MOVEMENTS IN THE VESSELS, CELLS, AND INTER- CELLULAR PASSAGES OF THE PLANT.
... , but it seems to pervade indiscriminately the intercellular passages as well as the cavities of the cells OF VITAL MOTION . 11 SECTION I OF VITAL MOVEMENTS IN THE VESSELS, CELLS, AND INTER- CELLULAR PASSAGES OF THE PLANT.
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Charles Bland Radcliffe. intercellular passages as well as the cavities of the cells , and to pass without difficulty through organic membranes , except these be thickened and altered by solid deposits . During the winter , however , or ...
Charles Bland Radcliffe. intercellular passages as well as the cavities of the cells , and to pass without difficulty through organic membranes , except these be thickened and altered by solid deposits . During the winter , however , or ...
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... cavity , and in a contrary direc- tion down the other side , the line of the current being in accordance with the longitudinal axis of the cell : in another instance it follows a spiral course in a OF VITAL MOTION . 13 In the ...
... cavity , and in a contrary direc- tion down the other side , the line of the current being in accordance with the longitudinal axis of the cell : in another instance it follows a spiral course in a OF VITAL MOTION . 13 In the ...
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... cavity must result , the calibre being diminished or extended , as the case may be . Such , also , may be presumed to be the effect of heat in a vessel composed of the simpler organic fabrics , for we have already seen that the ...
... cavity must result , the calibre being diminished or extended , as the case may be . Such , also , may be presumed to be the effect of heat in a vessel composed of the simpler organic fabrics , for we have already seen that the ...
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... cavity , by which the originally solid nucleus is converted into a hollow vesicle , may also be a part of the same process , for under the operation of an expansile force the particles of these minute fabrics will tend outwards from the ...
... cavity , by which the originally solid nucleus is converted into a hollow vesicle , may also be a part of the same process , for under the operation of an expansile force the particles of these minute fabrics will tend outwards from the ...
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agencies agent alimentary canal analogous ANATOMY animal bodies appear argue arterial auricles blood capillary carbonic acid cause cavities cells centres chemical chemical affinity CHEMISTRY circulation cloth coats coloured condition connexion consequence cyclosis dartos diastole dilatation DISEASES electricity electrometer Engravings erectile tissue evidence existence expansion extra-organic force fact Fcap fibres fibrine fluid Foolscap 8vo Foreign Medical Review frog heart heat hence HOSPITAL inorganic irritability latex laticiferous light limb manner MANUAL Medical Journal MEDICINE ments mind mode muscular action muscular contraction muscular system nature necessary nerves nervous influence nervous system OBSERVATIONS operation ordinary organic force PATHOLOGY peculiar PHARMACOPOEIAS phenomena phenomenon physical PHYSICIAN PHYSIOLOGY Plates Post 8vo practical practitioner present principle racter reason recommend relation respiration SCROFULA Second Edition sensitive plant stimulus suppose SURGERY Surgical systole Third Edition tion tissues traction treatise TREATMENT uterus vascular ventricles vessels vital motion VITAL MOVEMENTS volume voluntary muscles
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