Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 83William Blackwood, 1858 - England |
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... death arrives whenever the waste reaches an average proportion of 0.4 . That is to say , supposing an animal to weigh 100 lb. , it will succumb when its weight is reduced to 60 lb. Death may of course ensue before that point is reached ...
... death arrives whenever the waste reaches an average proportion of 0.4 . That is to say , supposing an animal to weigh 100 lb. , it will succumb when its weight is reduced to 60 lb. Death may of course ensue before that point is reached ...
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... death arrives on the fifth or sixth day of total abstinence from food and drink . But this is a general statement to which various exceptions may be named . Much depends on the peculiar constitution of the indi- vidual , his age ...
... death arrives on the fifth or sixth day of total abstinence from food and drink . But this is a general statement to which various exceptions may be named . Much depends on the peculiar constitution of the indi- vidual , his age ...
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... death , they have never survived three months . Granié , who murdered his wife , starved himself in the prison of Toulouse , and expired on the sixty- third day , during which time he drank water , and occasionally ate a little . The ...
... death , they have never survived three months . Granié , who murdered his wife , starved himself in the prison of Toulouse , and expired on the sixty- third day , during which time he drank water , and occasionally ate a little . The ...
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... death . The idea of our solid bones , principally composed of inorganic matter , losing eight times as much as our semi - liquid nerves , which are so predominantly organic in their structure , will seem very pa- radoxical ; and the ...
... death . The idea of our solid bones , principally composed of inorganic matter , losing eight times as much as our semi - liquid nerves , which are so predominantly organic in their structure , will seem very pa- radoxical ; and the ...
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... death . " From about nine to eleven I sustained this cruel scene , still supplying them with water , though my legs were almost broke with the weight against them . By this time I myself was near pressed to death , and my two companions ...
... death . " From about nine to eleven I sustained this cruel scene , still supplying them with water , though my legs were almost broke with the weight against them . By this time I myself was near pressed to death , and my two companions ...
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