134 INDEX OF SUBJECTS 



Friction amongst neural molecules, 106 



Functional Inertia as a fundamental property of matter, 5 



relation to vital manifestations, 5 



as latent period, 19 



anabolic, 20 



katabolic, 20 



in fatigue, 21 



in vegetable protoplasm. 21 



as refractory period, 22 



as setting limits, 23, 24 



as neural insusceptibility, 25 



and the Weber-Fechner Law, 25 



and insusceptibilities to drugs, 25 



of the colon, 26 



of the uterus, 26 



of cells of cord, 26 



of respiratory centre, 32 



and muscle tremors, 34-37 



and post-tetanic tremor, 40 



and seasonal periodicity, 45 



and latent life, 46 



and hibernation, 47 



and organic rhythm in female, 47 



and organic rhythm in male, 49-52 



and physical model, 54 



and post-stimulant phenomena, 56 



in post-mortem activity, 57 



in isolated plant-organs, 60 



as related to heredity, 64, 86 



as related to consciousness (psychic inertia), 87 



and habit, 96 



GENIUS, functional inertia related to, 82, 83 

 Germination, rate of related to functional inertia, 29 



HABITS, relation to functional inertia of, 52 



Heart, phenomena of life of, due both to functional inertia and 



affectability, 10 



of rabbit, maximal rate of ; tracing of, 23 

 Hemicrania, periodicity of in the male, 5 1 

 Heredity, functional inertia related to, 64 

 Hibernation, relation to inertia of, 47 

 Hypnosis, functional inertia in, 113 



IDIOSYNCRASIES neural, relation to functional inertia, 25 

 Illusions of movement due to functional inertia, 89 

 Stratton on inertia in, 100 



