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of impulses compared Retardation Resistance of copper 

 wire compared with nerve Normal E.M.F. and current of 

 man Effect of capacity Hypothesis of Dr. Martin Natural 

 dielectrics Experiments of Dr. Le Bon - 73 



CHAPTER VI 

 INDUCTIVE CAPACITY 



The effects of capacity Apparent velocity of current diminished 

 Condenser described Connections in parallel and in series 

 Joint capacity in series Current and resistance Potential 

 differences Connection in series-parallel Condensers of the 

 human body Reflex action Rates of discharge Condenser 

 action in cardiac muscle Influence of capacity upon velocity of 

 the nerve impulse Specific inductive capacity Dimensions of 

 plain and voluntary muscular fibres To test the human body 

 for capacity, method and diagram - -9 



CHAPTER VII 

 CELL REPRODUCTION 



Mitotic division The centrosome and the attraction sphere The 

 centriole Division of cell preceded by division of the attraction 

 sphere Changes in the cell during the process Achromatic 

 fibres and spindle Chromatin Chromosomes Irritability of 

 protoplasm Cleavage Repulsion as well as attraction 

 Nucleus and nucleolus Division briefly described - - 103 



Segmentation of the Ovum : Hetero and homotypical mitosis 

 Polar bodies Varying number of chromosomes Sperm and 

 germ nuclei Fertilisation Ascaris megalocephala Difference 

 from ordinary mitosis Sexual reproduction in plant life 

 Mucor and spirogyra Fucus Asexual reproduction Fungi, 

 diatomaceic and protozoa Importance of nuclei Network in 

 protoplasm Enzyme action Vines' description of Karyo- 

 kinesis - - 110 



CHAPTER VIII 

 ANIMAL MAGNETISM 



Alleged magnetic influences in the human body Not warranted by 

 fact Resemblance of certain phenomena to magnetic control 

 superficial Geddes and Thomson's diagram of cell-division 

 compared with lines of force of a bar magnet, and with two bar 

 magnets - - 118 



