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Pratiques et croyances médicales des Malgaches (1901)

Ramisiray, Gershon · Paris : A. Maloine · leaf 126

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E which, though consisting largely of rain-water, is partly produced by spécial glandular cells in the pitcher itself. Several analyses of the liquid hâve been made, and it has been proved to contain digestive enzymes which can dissolve the soft parts of the insects which fall into the pitchers and… … Fig. 1. — Camp on Mount Kinabalu. Mr. F. N. Chasen holding pitcher of N epe?ithes rajali. or even srnall mammals or birds, may also fall victims to these plants. It is a common occurrence in nature for the structures developed by one species for its own spécial needs to be discovered and utilized…

Medicine, Traditional · Folklore · Medicine and psychology · Medicine, Magic, mystic, and spagiric · Medicine · Madagascar

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