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The third class includes all the motions of the animal and vegetable world; as
well those of the vessels, which circulate their juices, and of the muscles, which
perform their locomotion, as those of the organs offense, which constitute their
ideas.
The third class includes all the motions of the animal and vegetable world; as
well those of the vessels, which circulate their juices, and of the muscles, which
perform their locomotion, as those of the organs offense, which constitute their
ideas.
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The annular or spiral muscular fibres compose the vascular muscles, which
constitute the intestinal canal, the arteries, veins, glands, and absorbent vessels.
3. The immediate organs of sense, as the retina of the eye, probably consist of ...
The annular or spiral muscular fibres compose the vascular muscles, which
constitute the intestinal canal, the arteries, veins, glands, and absorbent vessels.
3. The immediate organs of sense, as the retina of the eye, probably consist of ...
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through the thin moist coats of those vessels, which are spread on the air-cells,
which constitute the minute terminal ramifications of the windpipe. Here the blood
changes its colour from a dark red to a bright scarlet. It is then collected by the ...
through the thin moist coats of those vessels, which are spread on the air-cells,
which constitute the minute terminal ramifications of the windpipe. Here the blood
changes its colour from a dark red to a bright scarlet. It is then collected by the ...
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Secondly, the glands without convolution, as the capillary vessels, which unite
the terminations of the arteries and veins; and separate both the mucus, which
lubricates the cellular membrane, and the perspirable matter, which preserves
the ...
Secondly, the glands without convolution, as the capillary vessels, which unite
the terminations of the arteries and veins; and separate both the mucus, which
lubricates the cellular membrane, and the perspirable matter, which preserves
the ...
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| Title | Zoonomia; Or, The Laws of Organic Life ... Volume 1 of Zoonomia; Or, The Laws of Organic Life, Erasmus Darwin |
| Author | Erasmus Darwin |
| Edition | 3 |
| Publisher | J. Johnson, 1801 |
| Length | 516 pages |
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