260 Mr BAXTER, ON ORGANIC POLARITY. 



also to point out with what class of phenomena they appear to be the most nearly allied, viz. 

 those which occur in voltaic decomposition (a conjecture already advanced by Wollaston) ; 

 and as these are considered as polar in their nature we are justified in logically inferring that 

 those which occur in the animal body are likewise polar in their nature ; and as chemical force 

 is considered a polar force, so may organic force be viewed in the same light as a polar force 

 also. But the conditions under which polar phenomena are manifested, in the organic, at 

 once stamp them as of a higher order than those which are observed in the inorganic kingdom 

 of nature. 



Cambridge, Feb, 1858. 



