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... facts , but has suggested wholly new lines of inquiry . As successive editions of the " Lessons " have been demanded , it has been my effort to incorporate with them such solid acquisitions of the ever advanc- ing science of physiology ...
... facts , but has suggested wholly new lines of inquiry . As successive editions of the " Lessons " have been demanded , it has been my effort to incorporate with them such solid acquisitions of the ever advanc- ing science of physiology ...
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... fact , could not have appeared unless Dr. Foster had taken upon himself the whole burden of seeing the work through the press . My friend has indeed done so much during my enforced idleness , that I Ishould have been better satisfied if ...
... fact , could not have appeared unless Dr. Foster had taken upon himself the whole burden of seeing the work through the press . My friend has indeed done so much during my enforced idleness , that I Ishould have been better satisfied if ...
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... facts and generalizations at which we arrive by these various modes of inquiry , be they simple or be they refined , concerning the actions of the body and the manner in which those actions are brought about , con- stitutes the science ...
... facts and generalizations at which we arrive by these various modes of inquiry , be they simple or be they refined , concerning the actions of the body and the manner in which those actions are brought about , con- stitutes the science ...
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... fact , are so similar that they receive the same name of digits ; while the several joints of the fingers and toes have the common denomination of phalanges . The whole body thus composed ( without the viscera ) is seen to be ...
... fact , are so similar that they receive the same name of digits ; while the several joints of the fingers and toes have the common denomination of phalanges . The whole body thus composed ( without the viscera ) is seen to be ...
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... fact to the mechanism by which the fact is brought about . The organs which convert food into nutriment are the organs of alimentation ; those which distribute nutriment all over the body are organs of circulation ; those which get rid ...
... fact to the mechanism by which the fact is brought about . The organs which convert food into nutriment are the organs of alimentation ; those which distribute nutriment all over the body are organs of circulation ; those which get rid ...
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