Claude Bernard: Condition

Claude Bernard was French physiologist. Explore interesting quotes on condition.

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“Indeed, proof that a given condition always precedes or accompanies a phenomenon does not warrant concluding with certainty that a given condition is the immediate cause of that phenomenon. It must still be established that when this condition is removed, the phenomen will no longer appear.”

Introduction à l'Étude de la Médecine Expérimentale (1865)

“The stability of the internal medium is a primary condition for the freedom and independence of certain living bodies in relation to the environment surrounding them.”

Leçons sur les Phénomènes de la Vie Communs aux Animaux et aux Végétaux (1878-1879).

“All the vital mechanisms, varied as they are, have only one object, that of preserving constant the conditions of life in the internal environment.”

Leçons sur les Phénomènes de la Vie Communs aux Animaux et aux Végétaux.