INDEX 



Abderhalden, and anaphylaxis, 38 ; 

 serological studies by the optical 

 method, 91, 265 ; on enzyme nature 

 of ectotoxins, 259 



Abrin, 47; effects on offspring, 62 



Accustomance, law of, 166 



Achorion schoenleinii, 23 



Acquired characters, Weismann on 

 non - transmissibility of, 134 ; as 

 distinct from inherited, 140 ; ther- 

 mogenic acquirements, 151 (note) 



Acquired constitutional states, direct 

 transmission, 157 



Acquirement of conditions of defect, 

 66, 153 



Acromegaly, 342; antiquity of, 16 

 (note) 



Adami and Aschoff, 82 



Adams, F. D., 177 



Adaptation, direct, Sir E. Ray Lan- 

 kester on, 10, 355, 357, 361; 

 Lamarck's views, 10 ; the crucial 

 experiment, 351 et seq. 



Adaptation, in the bacteria, 15, 28 

 et seq. ; to increased temperature, 

 40; of harmless bacteria to growth 

 in the tissues, 41 ; in protozoa, 45 ; 

 to disease-producing agencies in 

 higher animals, 45 et seq. ; leuco- 

 cytic, 53 ; and inflammation, 116 

 et seq. 



Adenoma, malignant, of kidney, 317 ; 

 of suprarenal, 317 



Adenomyoma of uterus, 344 



Adiposis, 342 



Adsorption by fluid crystals, 186 



Albrecht, 184, 187 



Alcohol, effects on offspring, 63 



Algae, marine, antiquity of, 17 



Algonkian limestones, mode of for- 

 mation, 17 



Amboceptor, 53, 251 



Amino -acids, 74, 221 



Amphimixis, 13, 94 



Anaphylaxis, 254 et seq. ; its nature, 

 38 ; relation to immunity, 42 ; 

 and inheritance, 67 ; mechanism of, 

 92 ; a stage in development of 

 immunity, 256 



Anaplasia and depression of function, 

 249 



Anaspides, 18 



Andrewes, E., on streptococci from 

 throat, 24, 36 



Antibodies, 50 



Antitoxins, production of, 48, 50, 244 ; 

 and toxins, relation of, 50 



Apathy, 172, 182 



Arnsperger, 285 



Arthritis, rheumatoid, antiquity of , 16 ; 

 in tertiary horse, 16 



Aschoff, J., on myelins, 174 ; their 

 relationship to gall-stones, 183 ; 

 on compounds of nitrogenous bases 

 and fatty acid, 205; on lympha- 

 denosis, 345 



Atavism, 137 ; explained by side- 

 chain theory, 153 



Atom, size of, 214 



Auto -intoxications, inheritance of, 159 



Autolysis and myelin production, 

 187 



Automaticity of the cell, 240 



Axolotl, conversion to Amblystoma, 

 67 (note) 



Babes, V., 125 



Bacillus anthracis, 35, 115, 119, 124 



„ botulinus, 23 (note) 



,, coli, 126; mutations of, 29 



„ cyanogenus (syncyanus), 117 



,, diphtheriae, 129 



„ hoffmanni, 129 



„ leprae, 39 



„ megatherium, 152 (note) ; in- 

 duced virulence of, 37 



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