Abstract
DR. TASHIRO gives a useful and readable summary of the results which he has obtained on the production of carbonic acid in nerve and in seeds by the employment of an ingenious micro-chemical method. He regards the evolution of this gas as a sign of life analogous to the “blaze currents”described by Dr. Waller. The magnitude of the CO2 production which he observes in nerve fibres has raised doubts as to the exact significance to be ascribed to the results obtained. The author deals with some of the criticisms which his work has evoked.
A Chemical Sign of Life.
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By. (The University of Chicago Science Series.) Pp. ix + 142. (Chicago: University of Chicago Press; London: Cambridge University Press, 1917.) Price 1 dollar or 4s. net.
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A Chemical Sign of Life. Nature 100, 186 (1917). https://doi.org/10.1038/100186a0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/100186a0