Many points in the development and mechanism of the nematocyst are disputed, but it is tolerably certain (I) that the cnidocil is of sensory nature, and that stimulation, by contact with prey or in other ways, causes a reflex discharge of the nematocyst; (2) that the discharge is an explosive change whereby the in-turned thread is suddenly everted and turned inside out, being thus shot through the opening in the outer wall of the capsule, and forced violently into the tissues of the prey, or, it may be, of an enemy; (3) that the thread inflicts not merely a mechanical wound, but instils an irritant poison, numbing and paralysing in its action. [Please select]
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The sword inflicts more pain, and is less efficient than the pen. [Please select]
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Those on whom Fate inflicts so many blows rarely are in haste to spare others. [Please select]
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How, moreover, can a young woman who has never been ignored measure the pang which this injury inflicts. [Please select]
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It arises from one of the extraordinary ordeals that our recent and tyrannical intervention inflicts on these hapless, unflinching heroines. [Please select]
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After a full meal at such a period, a fit may follow, or continuous cries may evidence the pain which it inflicts. [Please select]
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The evil man inflicts injury on himself; he would not do so, however, if he knew that evil is evil. [Please select]
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