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Page 318
ANIMAL AND VEGETABLE LIFE . It has lately been stated in some popular works , that animals and vegetables are equally sensitive ; that plants , no less than animals , eat , drink , and contribute to fill up the graduated scale of living ...
ANIMAL AND VEGETABLE LIFE . It has lately been stated in some popular works , that animals and vegetables are equally sensitive ; that plants , no less than animals , eat , drink , and contribute to fill up the graduated scale of living ...
Page 319
... animal organ , as the impact of external bodies , heat , cold , the vapour of burning sulpher , or of volatile alkali , acts equally upon their susceptible frames . Now why we should refer the muscular motions of animals - especially of ...
... animal organ , as the impact of external bodies , heat , cold , the vapour of burning sulpher , or of volatile alkali , acts equally upon their susceptible frames . Now why we should refer the muscular motions of animals - especially of ...
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... animals can be supported only on that which is or has been organi- zed matter , either of a vegetable or animal ... animals feed on the remains of animals and ve- getables , while the plants feed on the juices of the soil . But we are ...
... animals can be supported only on that which is or has been organi- zed matter , either of a vegetable or animal ... animals feed on the remains of animals and ve- getables , while the plants feed on the juices of the soil . But we are ...
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