 These new compounds, like the elementary bodies of which they are composed, are lifeless. But when they are brought together under certain conditions they give rise to the still more complex body, protoplasm ; and this protoplasm exhibits the phenomena...  Nature - Page 175edited by - 1870Full view - About this book
 | Indiana State Medical Association - 1899 - 534 pages
...ammonia. These new compounds, like the elementary bodies of which they are composed, are lifeless. But when they are brought together under certain conditions...and this protoplasm exhibits the phenomena of life. Now, then, what is the difference between an organic and an inorganic body? Clearly that the former... | |
 | William Lonsdale Watkinson, William Theophilus Davison - 1869 - 554 pages
...watch. (a) The brass and steel, like the elementary bodies of which they are composed, are lifeless. But when they are brought together under certain conditions, they give rise to the still Martina s Serlblerus Outdone.' 208 more complex body — a watch, and this watch exhibits the phenomena... | |
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