Biological time / by Lecomte du Noüy.

  • Lecomte du Noüy, Pierre, 1883-1947.
Date:
1936
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Credit: Biological time / by Lecomte du Noüy. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    them directly, from the above formulae, or else compute them from the values of i found in the chart The study and discussion of the two coefficients would require too much space and I therefore refer the reader to the original paper.1 4 <5 12 20 2S 36 44 52 Tima in da/s FIG. 23. CORRECTING FACTOR IN EQUATION (6) The concordance between the curves calculated by the extra- polation formula (4) and those obtained by the exponential equation (6) is excellent, as shown by the table below. But there is another advantage in employing this equation. It may be remembered that the phenomenon of reparation is due to a double process. First, contraction and second, epidermization. The two formulae, (4) and (6), translate into mathematical language the result due to the combined mechanisms. It would be too long and fatiguing for the 1 Lecomte du Noüy, ‘A general equation for the law of cicatrization of surface wounds’. Journ. of Experimental Medicine, vol. 29, p. 392 (1919).