MORPHOLOGY OF THE IDIOPLASM IN GENERAL. 9 



forces which act as stimuli during a long period of 

 time in an unvarying manner have a very noticeable 

 influence on the intussusception of micellae in the 

 idioplasm and on the molecular processes going on 

 among the micellae. The action of stimuli deter- 

 mines the particular structure of the groups of 

 micellae added under the direction of the perfecting 

 process. Thus the configuration of the idioplasm 

 becomes continually more and more complex and 

 at the same time assumes a local adaptation corres- 

 ponding to external conditions. This constitutes 

 adaptation of the idioplasm. 



6. FUNCTION OF THE IDIOPLASM IN GENERAL. 



The unarranged micellae of the albumen of the 

 spontaneously generated plasma are as yet in no 

 way superior to the unorganized condition from 

 which they have arisen, except in this that under 

 the influence of their molecular forces the forma- 

 tion of similar new albumen micellns follows more 

 easily. But as by the further action of molecular 

 forces idioplasmic bodies are formed with groups of 

 smilarly oriented micellae, the molecular forces of 

 these micellae amount by summation to molar forces 

 and thereby new chemical processes are introduced ; 

 plastic products are formed from plasrnic and non- 

 plasmic materials, and molar movements are intro- 

 duced. And since idioplasmic bodies are formed 

 under the influence of external stimuli, their plastic 



