Index 



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Protoplasm 



anesthesia, 247 flf. 

 atomic constituents, 47 

 centrifugation, 23, 27; see also cen- 



trifugation of cells 

 cold, effect of, 26 

 components, 71 

 composition, 1, 69 

 contractility, 254-265 

 double refraction, 24-28. 31; see also 



anisotropy 

 elasticity, 32-33, 249-254 

 emulsion droplets in, 23 

 gelatinization of, 248 

 "a going concern'", 72 

 liquefaction of, 245 

 local regions in, 30-31 

 mechanical properties, 85 ff . 

 microscopic appearance, 23 

 miscibility with water, 26 

 molecular constituents, 45, 46 

 physical properties, 245 ff., 263. etc 

 polyrhythm, 234, 236, 240, 242, 257 

 proteins of, 33-38, 40, etc. 

 rod-shaped bodies in, 26-27 

 statistical isotropy of, 25 

 structural viscosity of, 31, 32; see 



also anomalous, non-Newtonian 

 thixotropic setting of, 246, 248, 249 

 thixotropy of, 31-32 

 water in, 26 



Protoplasmic streaming (flow) 

 cause of, 169 

 effect of hydrostatic pressure on, 32, 



135-138 

 effect of mechanical pressure on, 199, 



200 

 effect of pressure difference on, 205- 



206 

 fountain streaming, 169 

 in relation to gel structure, 127-161 

 mechanism of, 255 ff. 

 motive force, 155, 199, 207 ff., 209 ff. 

 physical aspects of, 199-244 

 theories of, 155, 255 ff . 

 velocity, 136, 206 

 volume change in relation to, 155 



Protoplasmic structure, 1 ff. (introduc- 

 tion) 

 molecular aspects of, 41-79 

 physical properties in relation to, 



245-265 

 proteins and, 23-40, 267-269 



Protoplasmic surface film, 100-101 



Protoplasmic volume, 129 



Protoplast sti'ucture (a poem), 107 



Pseudopod; see pseudopodium 



Pseudopodium, 23, 130-135, 148. 165. 

 168, 170, 171, 172, 174, 175, 180, 181, 

 187, 193. 195, 256 



Pseudopodium- — continued 

 birefringence of, 25 

 form of, 134-135 

 ruffle, 172 

 stability of, 135 

 withdrawal of, 187 



Pyridine nucleotid, 67, 69 



Pyruvic acid, 61 



Quimfe, G., 97 



Rana, 152 



Raw materials, 72. 73 

 Reaction chambers, 70 

 Recklinghausen, H., 97 

 Reed, C. E., 97, 98 

 Regnard, P., 151 

 Residual charges, 49 

 Residue, length, 66 

 Resonance, 9, 271 

 Respiration, 60, 72, 73 

 Reynolds, O., 88, 97 

 Rheopexy, 94, 95 



and ultrasonics, 96 



vs. dilatancy, 95 



Rhythm, 210 ff., 242 ff., 255 ff. 



graphical representation of (Plasmo- 

 dium), 210 ff. 



in Euglena, 243, 264 



in Myxomycete Plasmodium, 210 ff., 

 246, 255 ff. 



interference, 228, 229, 233, 241 



occurrence, 263, 264 



polyrhythm, 234, 236, 240, 242, 257 



Riboflavin phosphate, 61, 69 



Rinne, F., 26, 39 



R5der, H. L., 97, 98 



Rogowski, F., 98 



Rubber 



structure, 252 

 birefringence, 25, 26 



Rugh, R.. 152 



Sameshima, I., 97 



Scarth, G. W., 32, 33, 39, 99, 107 



Schalek, E., 97, 245 



Schechtman, A. M., 139, 191, 193, 194 



Schmidt, O., 97 



Schmidt, W. J., 39, 40, 104, 107 



Schmitt, F. O., 39, 40, 112 



Schultz, J., 113, 114 



Schulze-Hardy rule, 89 



Sciara, 116 



