The Journal of Anatomy and Physiology, 5. köideMacmillan, 1871 |
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... described by Dr Harlan of Philadelphia , from the then unique example in the Museum of Natural History in that city ) ; and its literature , in this country , is so far from being complete , that I trust a few observations upon a ...
... described by Dr Harlan of Philadelphia , from the then unique example in the Museum of Natural History in that city ) ; and its literature , in this country , is so far from being complete , that I trust a few observations upon a ...
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... described had been eviscerated ) , served rather to obscure than to elucidate the one marvellous feature of the skeleton , which , more than all the rest , distinguishes it , not only from other genera of its order , but from every ...
... described had been eviscerated ) , served rather to obscure than to elucidate the one marvellous feature of the skeleton , which , more than all the rest , distinguishes it , not only from other genera of its order , but from every ...
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... described -- whose base is the dorsum of the sacrum - whose external wall is the ascending process of the ischium , and whose internal wall is the median crest itself which separates the two canals . These ample canals we will call c ...
... described -- whose base is the dorsum of the sacrum - whose external wall is the ascending process of the ischium , and whose internal wall is the median crest itself which separates the two canals . These ample canals we will call c ...
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... described by Hyrtl , I will give his own words : " The body ( basis ) , curved in the form of a horse - shoe , pre- sents a median tubercle for [ the attachment of ] muscles coming from the sternum . There is no entoglossal bone ...
... described by Hyrtl , I will give his own words : " The body ( basis ) , curved in the form of a horse - shoe , pre- sents a median tubercle for [ the attachment of ] muscles coming from the sternum . There is no entoglossal bone ...
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... described ; after these the slow ones , by which means an idea can be best formed of the relation between curves at first sight so different as those produced when the heart's action is over 100 and those when it is below 50 in a minute ...
... described ; after these the slow ones , by which means an idea can be best formed of the relation between curves at first sight so different as those produced when the heart's action is over 100 and those when it is below 50 in a minute ...
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Page 202 - ... of absolute alcohol ; on the second day two fluid ounces ; on the third day four ounces, and on the fifth and sixth days eight ounces on each day. He then returned to water for six days, and then for three days took on each day half a bottle ( = 12 ounces, or 341 cc) of fine brandy, containing 48 per cent, of alcohol. Then for three days more he returned to water.
Page 364 - The great principle of evolution stands up clear and firm, when these groups of facts are considered in connection with others, such as the mutual affinities of the members of the same group, their geographical distribution in past and present times, and their geological succession. It is incredible that all these facts should speak falsely. He who is not content to look, like a savage, at the phenomena of nature as disconnected, cannot any longer believe that man is the work of 54 a separate act...
Page 367 - Ultimately, a highly complex sentiment, having its first origin in the social instincts, largely guided by the approbation of our fellow-men, ruled by reason, self-interest, and in later times by deep religious feelings, and confirmed by instruction and habit, all combined, constitute our moral sense or conscience.
Page 201 - For twenty-six days the man remained on a diet precisely similar as to food and times of meals in every respect, except that for the first eight days he took only water (in the shape of coffee, tea, and simple water) ; for the next six days he added to this diet rectified spirit, in such proportion that he took, in divided quantities, on the first day one fluid ounce...
Page 369 - ... one of Raphael's Madonnas should have been formed by the selection of chance daubs of paint made by a long succession of young artists, not one of whom intended at first to draw the human figure.
Page 185 - Every species has come into existence coincident both in time and space with a pre-existing closely allied species" connects together and renders intelligible a vast number of independent and hitherto unexplained facts.
Page 188 - He says that, with very few exceptions, it is the rule that, when both sexes are of strikingly gay and conspicuous colors, the nest is such as to conceal the sitting bird ; while, whenever there is a striking contrast of colors, the male being gay and conspicuous, the female dull and obscure, the nest is open and the sitting bird exposed to view.
Page 249 - ... the laws of whose action we can fairly hope to discover. My reason for having neglected the closer investigation of these interesting phenomena, was a determination fully to establish the law of the analogous action of isomorphous substances. This having been accomplished, I shall now direct my researches to the elucidation of these secondary questions.
Page 364 - ... form. The grounds upon which this conclusion rests will never be shaken, for the close similarity between man and the lower animals in embryonic development, as well as in innumerable points of structure and constitution, both of high and of the most trifling importance — the rudiments...
Page 291 - The Composition of the Urine in Health and Disease, and under the Action of Remedies...