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Page 116
... autotomy - the surrender of a part which often saves the whole ? Seemingly daring , one must say , how- ever , for all the typical cases of self- mutilation are nowadays reflex , occurring quite apart from any deliberate inten- tion to ...
... autotomy - the surrender of a part which often saves the whole ? Seemingly daring , one must say , how- ever , for all the typical cases of self- mutilation are nowadays reflex , occurring quite apart from any deliberate inten- tion to ...
Page 117
... autotomy . A starfish may jerk off each of its five arms seized in succession ; it may cast off an injured or parasitized arm ; in rare cases it multiplies by division . Sea - cucumbers discharge their viscera in the spasms of capture ...
... autotomy . A starfish may jerk off each of its five arms seized in succession ; it may cast off an injured or parasitized arm ; in rare cases it multiplies by division . Sea - cucumbers discharge their viscera in the spasms of capture ...
Page 118
... autotomy reaches perfection . There is a definite breaking - plane , a line of weakness , across the second basal joint ; the breaking is due to the forcible antagonism of muscles working at this plane ; the snap occurs before one has ...
... autotomy reaches perfection . There is a definite breaking - plane , a line of weakness , across the second basal joint ; the breaking is due to the forcible antagonism of muscles working at this plane ; the snap occurs before one has ...
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Britain and the United States | 129 |
67 | 193 |
The First Battle of Ypres | 257 |
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