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... seen the general performance of the engine , we may now look at its build . The human body is obviously separable into head , trunk , and limbs . In the head , the brain - case or skull is distinguishable from the face . The trunk is ...
... seen the general performance of the engine , we may now look at its build . The human body is obviously separable into head , trunk , and limbs . In the head , the brain - case or skull is distinguishable from the face . The trunk is ...
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... seen , thirty - three separate bodies of vertebræ in the spinal column , and the upper twenty - four of these commonly remain distinct throughout life . But the twenty - fifth , twenty - sixth , twenty- seventh , twenty - eighth , and ...
... seen , thirty - three separate bodies of vertebræ in the spinal column , and the upper twenty - four of these commonly remain distinct throughout life . But the twenty - fifth , twenty - sixth , twenty- seventh , twenty - eighth , and ...
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... seen , implies waste . The work of the nervous system and that of the muscles , therefore , implies consumption either of their own substance , or of something else . And as the organism can make nothing , it must possess the means of ...
... seen , implies waste . The work of the nervous system and that of the muscles , therefore , implies consumption either of their own substance , or of something else . And as the organism can make nothing , it must possess the means of ...
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... seen , implies waste . The work of the nervous system and that of the muscles , therefore , implies consumption either of their own substance , or of something else . And as the organism can make nothing , it must possess the means of ...
... seen , implies waste . The work of the nervous system and that of the muscles , therefore , implies consumption either of their own substance , or of something else . And as the organism can make nothing , it must possess the means of ...
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... a very considerable thickness or length , and yet contain no vessels . How- ever , as we have seen that all the tissues are really extra- vascular , these differ only in degree from the rest U. ] 22 THE CAPILLARIES . 21.
... a very considerable thickness or length , and yet contain no vessels . How- ever , as we have seen that all the tissues are really extra- vascular , these differ only in degree from the rest U. ] 22 THE CAPILLARIES . 21.
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