The Functional Inertia of Living Matter: A Contribution to the Physiological Theory of Life (Classic Reprint) - Hardcover

David Fraser Harris

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 026778984X ISBN 13: 9780267789849

Publisher: Forgotten Books, 2018

Synopsis

Excerpt from The Functional Inertia of Living Matter: A Contribution to the Physiological Theory of Life

It is two hundred and thirty years ago since Francis Glisson, M.D., of Cambridge, formally gave us the concept of irritability of living matter, more especially that of muscle.

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Edition details

• Publisher: Forgotten Books
• Publication date: 2018
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 026778984X
• ISBN 13: 9780267789849
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 168