Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 612
strucka severe blow, the soft, delicate inner parts yieldto the impact; the nerves and muscular tissuescannot operate in unison, and the insect may besaid to have been rendered unconscious as wellas incapable, for the mind actions depend uponits entire nervous system. But there is no such thing as… … A SECTION OF A WASP S THORAX SHOWING THE MUSCLESAND DELICATE ORGANISMS IN PLACE. when its vital organs are injured so that theycannot again resume their regular uses, an in-sect will die—not in appearance but really so.
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