THE HISTORY OF THE PROTOPLASMIC THEORY 9 



into later, being only incidentally mentioned here and there in 

 the following account of our present knowledge of the nature of 

 the elementary organism. 



The enormous amount of knowledge which has been acquired 

 through a century of investigation will be best systematically 

 arranged in the following manner: 



In the first section the chemico-physical and morphological 

 properties of the cell will be described. 



The second section will treat of the vital properties of the cell. 

 These are, (1) its contractility, (2) its irritability, (3) the phe- 

 nomena of metabolism, (4) its power of reproduction. 



Further, in order to complete and amplify our account of the 

 nature of the cell, two sections more speculative in character will 

 be added, one treating of the relationship between the proto- 

 plasm, the nucleus, and the cell products, and the other of the 

 cell considered as the germ of an organism. 



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