Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 83William Blackwood, 1858 - England |
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... substance of your body which is wasting be from time to time furnished with fresh food , life flickers , and at length becomes ex- tinct . Hunger is the instinct which teaches us to replenish the empty furnace . But although the want of ...
... substance of your body which is wasting be from time to time furnished with fresh food , life flickers , and at length becomes ex- tinct . Hunger is the instinct which teaches us to replenish the empty furnace . But although the want of ...
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... substance as fuel : its motor power is all derived from the coke which is burning in the furnace , and is in direct constant proportion to the amount of coke consumed ; when the coke is exhausted , the engine stops . But every organism ...
... substance as fuel : its motor power is all derived from the coke which is burning in the furnace , and is in direct constant proportion to the amount of coke consumed ; when the coke is exhausted , the engine stops . But every organism ...
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... substance to keep up her animal heat ; and when we think of the high degree of temperature maintained during a period of four years , solely by the combustion of the body itself , we shall see at once that it is utterly impossible any ...
... substance to keep up her animal heat ; and when we think of the high degree of temperature maintained during a period of four years , solely by the combustion of the body itself , we shall see at once that it is utterly impossible any ...
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... substances , introduced into the stomach will remove the sensa- tion . Humboldt tells us of savages who eat clay to ... substance , than this pale surface becomes visibly congested , turgescent , and its secretions pour forth ...
... substances , introduced into the stomach will remove the sensa- tion . Humboldt tells us of savages who eat clay to ... substance , than this pale surface becomes visibly congested , turgescent , and its secretions pour forth ...
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... substance , which furnishes all the necessary material ; but during abstinence from liquid , the organism has no such source of supply within itself . Men have been known to endure absolute privation of food for some weeks , but three ...
... substance , which furnishes all the necessary material ; but during abstinence from liquid , the organism has no such source of supply within itself . Men have been known to endure absolute privation of food for some weeks , but three ...
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