 | John Claudius Loudon, Edward Charlesworth, John Denson - 1829 - 518 pages
...vitality was extinguished. The first idea that struck me, as to the possible cause of these phenomena, was, that perhaps the water, from wanting the density...application of the latter immediately produces the phenomena above described. In whatever way it is that fresh water proves so poisonous and fatal to... | |
 | John Claudius Loudon, Edward Charlesworth, John Denson - 1829 - 518 pages
...tried the effect of touching an individual with a small drop of fresh water. The part to which jhe latter was applied, almost immediately contracted...application of the latter immediately produces the phenomena above described. In whatever way it is that fresh water proves so poisonous and fatal to... | |
 | Luke Herbert - 1829 - 394 pages
...which followed seemed more violent, and longer continued, than when the water was applied elsewhere. As the most striking way of exemplifying the virulent effects of fresh water, Dr._ Drummond recommends, when the worm is at rest, to apply consecutively from the point of a probe,... | |
 | Luke Hebert - 1829 - 392 pages
...which followed seemed more violent, and longer continued, than when the water was applied elsewhere. As the most striking way of exemplifying the virulent effects of fresh water, Dr. Drummond recommends, when the worm is at rest, to apply consecutively from the point of a probe,... | |
 | 1829 - 516 pages
...longitudinal axis of their bodies, and writhing together in apparent agonies. After a few minutes vhe agitation ceased, and they again lay motionless. I...point of a probe ten or a dozen small drops of sea imater to any part of it, this causes no alteration ; the animal continues motionless. If we then change... | |
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The part to which the latter was applied, almost immediately contracted in the manner that a leech contracts at the place where a little salt is applied to it, and then, the whole animal became agitated and dashed violently about the plate, frequently,... 