Descriptive anatomy is to physiology what geography is to history, and…

Claude Bernard
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Descriptive anatomy is to physiology what geography is to history, and just as it is not enough to know the typography of a country to understand its history, so also it is not enough to know the anatomy of organs to understand their functions. ✨ Claude Bernard (1974). Lectures on the phenomena of life common to animals and plants, Charles C Thomas Pub Ltd
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