The physiologist who succeeds in penetrating deeper and deeper into the digestive canal becomes convinced that it consists of a number of chemical laboratories equipped with various mechanical devices.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Deep study of the digestive canal reveals it contains chemical labs and mechanical devices.
- In plain terms
- Digging deeper shows the gut has chemistry labs and machines.
- What can you take from it?
- The digestive system functions like complex industrial labs.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- What are the specific chemical labs?
- How do mechanical devices work?
Another view
The analogy simplifies biological processes into industrial terms.
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