 | 1859 - 482 Seiten
...convenient method of representing all the phenomena of animal life, and as such has passed into the beat literature of the age. Certain it is however that...this instability, and that this decomposition and tfiis alone, creates the necessity of recomposition — in other words creates the necessity of food.... | |
 | 1859 - 948 Seiten
...the animal body there are, going on constantly, two distinct and apparently opposite processes, viz., decomposition and recomposition of the tissues; and...creates the necessity of recomposition — in other worda creates the necessity of food. But according to the view which I now propose, decomposition is... | |
 | 1859 - 554 Seiten
...the animal body there are going on constantly, two distinct and apparently opposite processes, viz., decomposition and recomposition of the tissues; and...decomposition and this alone, creates the necessity of recomposition—in other words, creates the necessity of food. But according to the view which I now... | |
 | 1859 - 946 Seiten
...the animal body there are, going on constantly, two distinct and apparently opposite processes, viz., decomposition and recomposition of the tissues ; and...this instability, and that this decomposition and tit is alone, creates Hie necessity of recomposition — in other words creates the necessity of food.... | |
 | American Association for the Advancement of Science - 1860 - 460 Seiten
...also decomposition supplies the force by which recomposition is effected, and growth and development carried on. As this is an important point I will attempt...this instability, and that this decomposition and Ms alone, creates the necessity of recomposition — in other words, creates the necessity of food.... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - 1860 - 858 Seiten
...unequal contest, and death is the result. I do not know if this view is held by the ncicntific minds of the present day as a fact, but it certainly is generally...passed into the best literature of the age. Certain it ie, however, that the usual belief, even among the best physiologists, is that the animal tissue is... | |
 | James Hinton - 1875 - 294 Seiten
...unequal contest, and death is the result. I do not know if this view is held by the scientific minds of the present day as a fact, but it certainly is generally...Certain it is, however, that the usual belief, even amongst the best physiologists, is that the animal tissue is in a state of unstable equilibrium ; that... | |
 | Samuel Butler - 1925 - 294 Seiten
...minds of the present day as a faft, but it certainly is generally regarded as the most convenient way of representing all the phenomena of animal life,...such, has passed into the best literature of the age." The writer of the above justly holds convenience as the summum bonum, and surely philosophy is for... | |
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... decomposition and recomposition of the tissues; and that the energy of the life is exactly in proportion to the rapidity of these processes. Now according to the ordinary view, the animal body must be looked upon as the scene of continual strife between... 