The Journal of Anatomy and Physiology, 5. köideMacmillan, 1871 |
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... length , the skull of the Chlamydophorus excels its congeners . I have not the oppor- tunity of comparison with Xenurus or Tolypeutes , but I believe 1 Denkschriften d . Kais . Akad . d . Wissenschaften , 9ter Band . 2 P. Z. S. Part xxv ...
... length , the skull of the Chlamydophorus excels its congeners . I have not the oppor- tunity of comparison with Xenurus or Tolypeutes , but I believe 1 Denkschriften d . Kais . Akad . d . Wissenschaften , 9ter Band . 2 P. Z. S. Part xxv ...
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... Length . 46 50 96 21 17 30 18 Thus it appears that the total height , in Chlamydophorus , from the base of the lower jaw to the vertex , and the diameter from ear to ear ( not including the osseous auditory tube , which would add a line ...
... Length . 46 50 96 21 17 30 18 Thus it appears that the total height , in Chlamydophorus , from the base of the lower jaw to the vertex , and the diameter from ear to ear ( not including the osseous auditory tube , which would add a line ...
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... length ) leading from the tympanic ' bulla , ' and extends to a length of three lines , terminating at a point opposite the junction of the temporal , parietal and frontal bones . At this point it is joined by an interposed ring of car ...
... length ) leading from the tympanic ' bulla , ' and extends to a length of three lines , terminating at a point opposite the junction of the temporal , parietal and frontal bones . At this point it is joined by an interposed ring of car ...
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... length to the spine from which it springs , takes so wide a sweep as to overhang the greater tuberosity of the humerus ; thus affording increased leverage to that bone , and while protecting the joint anteriorly , enlarges its cavity ...
... length to the spine from which it springs , takes so wide a sweep as to overhang the greater tuberosity of the humerus ; thus affording increased leverage to that bone , and while protecting the joint anteriorly , enlarges its cavity ...
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... length of the sacrum , and posteriorly amalgamates with the sphæroma . This median crest , at the spot where , by the accession of the lateral ones , it receives an increase of substance , is evolved into a dense trans- verse lamina ...
... length of the sacrum , and posteriorly amalgamates with the sphæroma . This median crest , at the spot where , by the accession of the lateral ones , it receives an increase of substance , is evolved into a dense trans- verse lamina ...
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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.
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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.
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