Quote by Ivan Pavlov
Perfect as the wing of a bird may be, it will never enable the bir

Perfect as the wing of a bird may be, it will never enable the bird to fly if unsupported by the air. Facts are the air of science. Without them a man of science can never rise. – Ivan Pavlov

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Appetite, craving for food, is a constant and powerful stimulator of the gastric glands. – Ivan Pavlov

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From the described experiment it is clear that the mere act of eating, the food even not reaching the stomach, determines the stimulation of the gastric glands. – Ivan Pavlov

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It has long been known for sure that the sight of tasty food makes a hungry mans mouth water also lack of appetite has always been regarded as an undesirable phenomenon, from which one might conclude that appetite is essentially linked with the process of digestion. – Ivan Pavlov

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