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... remains absolutely unchanged . Let such a physiologically - balanced man lift a heavy body from the ground , and the loss of weight which he would have undergone without that exertion will be immediately increased by a definite amount ...
... remains absolutely unchanged . Let such a physiologically - balanced man lift a heavy body from the ground , and the loss of weight which he would have undergone without that exertion will be immediately increased by a definite amount ...
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... remains as warm as before . On the other hand , diminish his exertion and lower his production of heat , and either he will gain weight , or some of his food will remain unused . Thus , in a properly nourished man , a stream of food is ...
... remains as warm as before . On the other hand , diminish his exertion and lower his production of heat , and either he will gain weight , or some of his food will remain unused . Thus , in a properly nourished man , a stream of food is ...
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... remains . More than 200 separate bones are ordinarily reckoned in the human body , though the actual number of distinct bones varies at different periods of life , many bones which are separate in youth becoming united together in old ...
... remains . More than 200 separate bones are ordinarily reckoned in the human body , though the actual number of distinct bones varies at different periods of life , many bones which are separate in youth becoming united together in old ...
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Thomas Henry Huxley. lower limbs , a controlling and governing power over them still remains in the body . For if the soles of the disabled feet be tickled , though the mind does not feel the tickling , the legs will be jerked up , just ...
Thomas Henry Huxley. lower limbs , a controlling and governing power over them still remains in the body . For if the soles of the disabled feet be tickled , though the mind does not feel the tickling , the legs will be jerked up , just ...
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... remains connected with the vessels . The nerve then becomes excited , so that the muscular fibres of the vessels are thrown into a violent state of contraction , which di- minishes their calibre so much that the blood can hardly make ...
... remains connected with the vessels . The nerve then becomes excited , so that the muscular fibres of the vessels are thrown into a violent state of contraction , which di- minishes their calibre so much that the blood can hardly make ...
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