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THE large differences in concentration of single ions (especially potassium and sodium) between living cells and their surroundings were discussed at the Croonian Lecture of the Royal Society*. These differences are generally maintained by transport work through the surface layer making good the simultaneous diffusion losses.
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Exchanges of Inorganic Ions through Living Membranes. Nature 156, 542 (1945). https://doi.org/10.1038/156542b0
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