We find moreover that every living organism consists of liquids, solutions of crystalloids and colloids separated by osmotic membranes; and it is significant that the ocean, that vast laboratory of life, is also a solution of crystalloids and colloids.
"The Mechanism of Life"
Stéphane Leduc
This observation is particularly applicable to the classification of substances into crystalloids and colloids.
"The Mechanism of Life"
Stéphane Leduc
The matter of which a living organism is constituted consists essentially of certain solutions of crystalloids and colloids.
"The Mechanism of Life"
Stéphane Leduc