INDEX 



Absorption, 94, 102, no 



Action currents, 311 ff. See Bio- 

 electric variations 



Activation, changes of permea- 

 bility and, 353 ff.; of egg cells, 

 74, 265, 353 ff.; of passive iron, 

 254; by salt solutions, 351 



Adaptation, 2, 8, 9, 30; active, 9, 

 30; static, 9 



Adsorption, 23, 63, 75 ff.; catalysis 

 and, 76, 83, 91, 239 ff.; chemical 

 reactions and, 83, 90; electrical 

 factors in, 84; films, 58; irre- 

 versible, 76, 77, 82; narcotic 

 action and, 96, 201 ff., 233; 

 potentials, 88, 93, 300; selective, 

 79; specific, 78, 79, 82 



Agglutination, 163, 208 



"All or none" reactions, 324, 386 



Alternating currents, activation 

 by, 257; stimulating action of, 

 278,357 



Anaesthesia {see also Narcosis), 

 40, 42, 47, 83, 142, 189 ff., 

 263; by electric current {see 

 Electrotonus) ; relation to per- 

 meability, 353, 363 



Anaphylaxis, 35, 266, 370 



Animals and plants, 12, 28 



Antagonisms, by salts, 155, 157, 

 158, 164 ff., 176, 181 ff., 351; 

 between salts and anaesthetics, 

 211, 352 



Anticatalysis, 202, 226 ff., 236 



Antigenic properties, relation to 

 specificity, 34, 35, 36, 37 



Antitoxic action, of salts, 164 ff.; 

 of anaesthetics, 211, 352 



Asymmetry, chemical, specificity 



and, 34 

 Autocatalysis, 36 



Autolysis, 44, 48, 56, 57, 377 



Bacteria, 14 



Bioelectric potentials, membrane 

 theories of, 302 ff.; relation to 

 permeability of membranes, 

 301 ff., 311 ff.; resting, 299 ff.; 

 variations with activity, 311 ff. 



Bioelectric variations, 311 ff.; 

 range, 324; rate in relation to 

 physiological processes, 3 20, 3 2 1 , 

 322, '326 ff.; relation to trans- 

 mission, 322, 330, 3872; 

 rhythm of, 330 ff. 



Bioluminescence, 375 



Blood corpuscles, isoelectric point 

 of, 100 



Calcium salts, 45, 119, 155 ff.; 

 antitoxic or stabilizing action, 

 351 ff., 369; influence on per- 

 meability, 119; relation to 

 excitation processes, 290; sum- 

 mation-interval and, 292 



Capillarity, 77 



Catalysis, 62, 67,, 202, 217 ff., 

 223, 226 ff.; adsorption and, 

 223 ff., 239 ff.; by charcoal, 

 243, 245; contact, 216, 222 ff., 

 243 ff.; electric factors in, 245, 

 246 ff.; influence of surface- 

 active compounds on, 226 ff.; 

 by platinum, 237, 245; rhythmi- 

 cal, 63, 247 ff., 298; role of 

 surface-films in, 247 ff. 



Cataphoresis, 91, 99, 300 



Cell, 14, 15 ff-, 67, 98, 108; 

 division, 316, 356, 363 



Cell-division, 316, 356, 363; elec- 

 trical variation during, 364, 398, 



399 

 Chemical reactions, rhythmical, 



247, 250 

 Chemical sensitivity, 46, 47, 266 

 Chromosomes, 6, 7 



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