[132] Specific attraction of the “proper” quality; cf. p. 85, [note 3].
[133] Theory of evaporation insufficient to account for it. cf. p. 104, [note 1].
[134] Playful suggestion of free-will in the urine.
[135] Specific attraction, cf. p. 87, [note 2].
[136] i.e. there would be no selective action.
[137] Nasal mucus was supposed to be the non-utilizable part of the nutriment conveyed to the brain, cf. p. 214, [note 3].
[138] He means from its origin in the liver (i.e. in the three hepatic veins). His idea was that the upper division took nutriment to heart, lungs, head, etc., and the lower division to lower part of body. On the relation of right auricle to vena cava and right ventricle, cf. p. 321, [notes 4] and [5].
[139] We arrive at our belief by excluding other possibilities.