General physiology; an outline of the science of life . So livingsubstance in pure oxygen with a high pressure ceases to oxidise,and hence appears the paradoxical phenomenon of death byasphyxia in pure oxygen. The minima and maxima of the percentage and the partial pres-sure of oxygen are very different for different organisms, and thusfar are known only in a few cases. These details are of little 1 Cf. p. 141. THE GENERAL CONDITIONS OF LIFE 283 interest here. It is, however, interesting to glance at the resultsof complete removal of oxygen. The final results of complete removal of oxygen are
General physiology; an outline of the science of life . So livingsubstance in pure oxygen with a high pressure ceases to oxidise,and hence appears the paradoxical phenomenon of death byasphyxia in pure oxygen. The minima and maxima of the percentage and the partial pres-sure of oxygen are very different for different organisms, and thusfar are known only in a few cases. These details are of little 1 Cf. p. 141. THE GENERAL CONDITIONS OF LIFE 283 interest here. It is, however, interesting to glance at the resultsof complete removal of oxygen. The final results of complete removal of oxygen are oxygen be a general condition of life, all living substance mustperish after its complete withdrawal. This has been shown byexperiments that have been performed partly upon single cells,partly upon tissues, and partly upon multicellular organisms. Butdifferent kinds of cells perish after different intervals of time,some very rapidly, some gradually, just as do different organismsupon withdrawal of food. The cells of the nervous system are.
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