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THE late Prof. Errera was possessed of an inherent faculty for analysing subtle problems by a process of concise, logical argument, and this faculty is particularly apparent in his treatment of certain of the general physiological subjects discussed in this fourth volume of collected papers. One of the best instances is supplied by the notes arranged for a course of lectures debating the existence of a vital force in plants. Two lectures on sleep were delivered before an audience composed largely of doctors. The view put forward by the author that sleep is induced by the formation of toxic bodies was opposed by several doctors present, but was not refuted.
Recueil d'Œuvres de Léo Errera. Physiologie générale. Philosophie.
Pp. xiv + 400. (Brussels: H. Lamertin; London: Williams and Norgate, 1910.)
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Recueil d'Œuvres de Léo Errera Physiologie générale Philosophie . Nature 86, 413 (1911). https://doi.org/10.1038/086413c0
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