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The Auditory Apparatus — continued. 



membranous labyrinth. The acoustic nerves. The 

 organ of Corti in section. Vertical section of the first 

 turn of the cochlea. Nerve-fibres and the membrana 

 tectoria. Diagrammatic view of the organ of Corti. 

 The hair-cells and their probable function. How the 

 vibrations are transmitted to the brain. Diagram- 

 matic view of the organ of hearing. The Basilar mem- 

 brane. Impulse and response in sensory circuits. 

 The resonance theory not tenable. Some " faults " 

 which commonly occur and a method of detecting them. 



Cancer - - - - - 134 



Somatic mitosis. No degeneration of the exoplasm 

 during cell division. Possible effect upon cells of local 

 pyrexia. Pre-cancerous condition probably inflamma- 

 tory. Multiplication of centrosomes suggested. 

 Arnold's work. X-rays and radium. Parafl&n. 

 Effect of electrical stimulus upon vegetables. Experi- 

 ments. Long French Radish. Grasses. Potatoes and 

 changes produced in them, illustrated and described. 

 Resemblance of these morbid conditions to cancer in 

 the animal body. Work of J. Arnold, illustrated and 

 described. No claim to discovery of cause. Cancer 

 from an electro-physiological point of view. Lavdow- 

 sky on " Cell division by force." Possible remedial 

 measures suggested and cases given. 



Sleep ; Narcosis and Allied Phenomena - 148 



Conditions that favour sleep. Sound and light. 

 Logical outcome of my research work. Howell's views. 

 Vaso-motor fatigue questioned. Theories of changes 

 in the blood supply to the brain. Blood the carrier of 

 energy. Halliburton on chemical theories. Ober- 

 steiners' hypothesis. Histological theories. The Golgi 

 method. Demoor and others on the subject. Lugaro 

 and his biophysical theory. Hamilton Wright's work. 

 The Meyer-Overton hypothesis of anaesthesia. Nar- 

 cotics and metabolic activity of nerve cells. Potential 

 and electrostatic capacity of the brain and its cells. 

 Oxygen intake of man day and night. Mental fatigue 

 and its influence upon the central nervous system. 

 Somnolency after meals. Stimulants ; alcohol — their 

 effect. The young sleeping with the aged.. 



