Biological process of breaking down food and other matter

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Tuffati nel benessere : Yakult è prodotto ufficiale dei Campionati Mondiali di Nuoto FINA, Roma 09 / Yakult Italia.

Digestive system: twelve figures, including teeth, intestines and colon. Line engraving by Kirkwood & Son, 1813.

On animal chemistry in its application to stomach and renal diseases / by H. Bence Jones.

De lactibus sive lacteis venis novo invento Gasparis Asellii / Presentazione di Pietro Franceschini.

Yakult : un allenamento quotidiano per la salute del tuo intestino / Yakult Italia.

A poor man suffering from indigestion. Coloured lithograph by C.J. Traviès.

The name "H. Cline"; the outline of a femur; and studs. Relief etchings by Henry Cline, 1784/1811.

Experiments and observations on the gastric juice, and the physiology of digestion / By William Beaumont.

A man resting after a drink; representing good digestion. Coloured lithograph by C.J. Traviès.

The digestive system: three figures, including dissections of the mesentery, intestines and related arteries and blood vessels. Colour mezzotint by J. F. Gautier d'Agoty after himself, 1754.

Experiments and observations on the gastric juice, and the physiology of digestion / William Beaumont.

Institutes of health : essays on constitutional peculiarities, sudden impressions, bathing, animal food, London porter and ale, digestion, dropsy and liver complaints / by John Roberton.

7 valuable plants / illustrated and described by Charles Adams, medical specialist ; with advice on indigestion.

Traité de la cause de la digestion, où l'on refute le nouveau sistéme de trituration et du broïement. Et où l'on prouve que les alimens sont digerez et convertis en chile, par une veritable fermentation / [Jean Astruc].

I know where my food goes / by Jacqui Maynard ; illustrated by Katharine McEwen.

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Digestion

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Experiments and observations on the gastric juice, and the physiology of digestion / William Beaumont.

Institutes of health : essays on constitutional peculiarities, sudden impressions, bathing, animal food, London porter and ale, digestion, dropsy and liver complaints / by John Roberton.

7 valuable plants / illustrated and described by Charles Adams, medical specialist ; with advice on indigestion.

Traité de la cause de la digestion, où l'on refute le nouveau sistéme de trituration et du broïement. Et où l'on prouve que les alimens sont digerez et convertis en chile, par une veritable fermentation / [Jean Astruc].

I know where my food goes / by Jacqui Maynard ; illustrated by Katharine McEwen.

Digestion

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Experiments and observations on the gastric juice, and the physiology of digestion / William Beaumont.

Institutes of health : essays on constitutional peculiarities, sudden impressions, bathing, animal food, London porter and ale, digestion, dropsy and liver complaints / by John Roberton.

7 valuable plants / illustrated and described by Charles Adams, medical specialist ; with advice on indigestion.

Traité de la cause de la digestion, où l'on refute le nouveau sistéme de trituration et du broïement. Et où l'on prouve que les alimens sont digerez et convertis en chile, par une veritable fermentation / [Jean Astruc].

I know where my food goes / by Jacqui Maynard ; illustrated by Katharine McEwen.

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