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... facts of Anatomy and Physiology . My thanks are again due to my friend Dr. Foster , F.R.S. , for many valuable suggestions , and , more especially , for the trouble he has taken in super- intending the execution of the new woodcuts ...
... facts of Anatomy and Physiology . My thanks are again due to my friend Dr. Foster , F.R.S. , for many valuable suggestions , and , more especially , for the trouble he has taken in super- intending the execution of the new woodcuts ...
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... of science which is attainable by mere reading , though infinitely better than ignorance , is knowledge of a very different kind from that which arises from direct contact with fact t ; and that the worth of the pursuit of science as.
... of science which is attainable by mere reading , though infinitely better than ignorance , is knowledge of a very different kind from that which arises from direct contact with fact t ; and that the worth of the pursuit of science as.
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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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