The Protoplasmic Theory of Life

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Bailliere, Tindall & Cox, 1874 - 288 Seiten
 

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Seite 273 - Praise ye him, sun and moon : Praise him, all ye stars of light. Praise him, ye heavens of heavens, And ye waters that be above the heavens. Let them praise the name of the LORD: For he commanded, and they were created.
Seite 237 - Hence it appears to be a matter of no great moment what animal, or what plant, I lay under contribution for protoplasm, and the fact speaks volumes for the general identity of that substance in all living beings. I share this catholicity of assimilation with other animals, all of which so far as we know could thrive equally well on the protoplasm of any of their fellows, or of any plant; but here the assimilative powers of the animal world cease. A solution of...
Seite 273 - Through faith we understand that the worlds were framed by the word of God, so that things which are seen were not made of things which do appear.
Seite 237 - I shall eat it, it is the same matter altered, not only by death, but by exposure to sundry artificial operations in the process of cooking. But these changes, whatever be their extent, have not rendered it incompetent to resume its old functions as matter of life. A singular inward laboratory, which I possess, will dissolve...
Seite 255 - But if we were disposed to survey it, we must quit the small vessel of human reason, and put ourselves on board the ship of the Church, which alone possesses the divine needle for justly shaping the course.
Seite 279 - Dr. Letheby's position and authority on the subject of food is so pre-eminent, that a book from his pen is above criticism." — Lancet. "Either as a text-book for schools or as a household guide, it is excellently adapted.
Seite 282 - Anatomy of the External Forms of Man, designed for the use of Artists, Sculptors, etc. By Dr. J. FAU. Used at the Government School of Art, South Kensington. Twenty-nine plates. Folio ; price, plain 24s., coloured 42s.
Seite 184 - ... higher in complexity than those molecules of nitrogenous colloidal substance into which organic matter is resolvable ; and we regard these somewhat more complex molecules as having the implied greater instability, greater sensitiveness to surrounding influences, and consequent greater mobility of form. Such being the primitive physiological units, organic evolution must begin with the formation of a minute aggregate of them — an aggregate showing vitality only by a higher degree of that readiness...
Seite 279 - Food; its Varieties, Chemical Composition, Nutritive Value, Comparative Digestibility, Physical Functions and Uses, Preparation, Culinary Treatment, Preservation, Adulterations, &c. By HENRY LETHEBY, MB, MA, Ph.D., &c. Professor of Chemistry at London Hospital, Food Analyst and Medical Officer of Health to the City of London.
Seite 278 - Hygiene. A Manual of Sanitation ; or, First Help in Sickness and when Wounded. A pocket companion for officers and privates in the army or volunteer forces in peace and in war.

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