Materialism and modern physiology of the nervous system (1892)
Thomson, William Hanna, 1833-1918 · New York [etc.] G.P. Putnam's sons · leaf 74
mstances.They crawled under stones or buried them-selves in the earth at the beginning of winter,and after the period of hibernation was overthey came out and diligently caught the flieswhich were buzzing about in the vessels inwhich they were kept. As to birds, which are much higher in thescale of… … BRAIX OF A PIGEON. OF THE NERVOUS SYSTEM 63 in making them entirely helpless, for they notonly avoided obstacles in their path or in theirflight, but appeared to fly from one place andalight securely on another. As we ascend from birds to mammals, how-ever, the development of the cerebral…
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