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The microscope and its revelations (1856)

Carpenter, William Benjamin, 1813-1885 · London : John Churchill · leaf 634

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that if the growing animal be kept infresh water aloiie for some time, without vegetable matter ofany kind, the gastric teeth are very imperfectly developed, andthe ciHa are still retained.* 851. A very curious modification of the ordinary plan ofdevelopment, is presented in the Purpura lapilhis;… … #>^ tains from 500 to 600 Fig. egg-like bodies (Pig.271, a), imbedded in aviscid gelatinous sub-stance ; but only from12 to 30 embryoesusually attain com-plete development;and it is obvious fromthe large comparativesize which these attain(Pig. 272, b), thateach of them mustinclude an amount…

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