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\May 29, 1879 



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A TKEATISE ON THE APPLICATION OF GENERALISED CO-ORDINATES 

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CONTENTS. 



The Physiological Action of Heat. By B. F. Lautenbach. 



A New Microtome. By C. S. Roy. 



On the Respiratory Function of the Internal Intercostal Muscles. By H. Newell Martin. 



On the Formation of Hypoxanthine from Albumin. By R. H. Chittenden. 



Observations on the Physiology of the Spinal Chord. By Isaac Ott. 



The Form of the Pulse-Wave. As Studied in the Carotid of the Rabbit. By C. S. Roy. 



Pharyngeal Respiration. — E. M. Garland. 



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