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... follows that a man in health , and “ neither gaining nor losing flesh , " is incessantly oxidating and wasting away , and periodically making good the loss . So that if , in his average condition , he could be confined in the scale ...
... follows that a man in health , and “ neither gaining nor losing flesh , " is incessantly oxidating and wasting away , and periodically making good the loss . So that if , in his average condition , he could be confined in the scale ...
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... follow , with any degree of certainty , wanderings more varied and more extensive than those imagined by the ancient sages who held the doctrine of transmigration ; but the chances are , that sooner or later , some , if not all , of the ...
... follow , with any degree of certainty , wanderings more varied and more extensive than those imagined by the ancient sages who held the doctrine of transmigration ; but the chances are , that sooner or later , some , if not all , of the ...
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... follows that the great artery of the body , and the great veins of the body , are connected with opposite sides of the heart ; and the great artery of the lungs and the great veins of the lungs also with opposite sides of that organ ...
... follows that the great artery of the body , and the great veins of the body , are connected with opposite sides of the heart ; and the great artery of the lungs and the great veins of the lungs also with opposite sides of that organ ...
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... follows , from this arrangement , that the valves oppose no obstacle to the passage of fluid from the auricles to the ventricles ; but if any should be forced the other way , it will at once get between the valve and the wall of the ...
... follows , from this arrangement , that the valves oppose no obstacle to the passage of fluid from the auricles to the ventricles ; but if any should be forced the other way , it will at once get between the valve and the wall of the ...
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... follows : ́A ̃V ̃— ' ; A ° V ̃— ; A ̃V ̃ - ; & c . Thus , the contraction of the heart is rhythmical , two short contractions of its upper and lower halves respectively being followed by a pause of the whole , which occupies nearly as ...
... follows : ́A ̃V ̃— ' ; A ° V ̃— ; A ̃V ̃ - ; & c . Thus , the contraction of the heart is rhythmical , two short contractions of its upper and lower halves respectively being followed by a pause of the whole , which occupies nearly as ...
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