Next it was found that it was physiologically and structurally the same in the plant, that it was the living part of the plant, that which manifested the life and did the work in vegetable as well as in animal organisms.
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- Author's profession: Scientist
- Nationality: american
- Born: November 18, 1810
- Died: January 30, 1888
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