TABLE OF CONTENTS. 



PART I. DISSENTIENT. 



I. INTRODUCTORY. 



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General remarks ... ... ... ... i 



Tendency of thought ... 2 



Authority and fact ... ... ... 3 



Physical causation ... ... ... 4 



Energy not formative ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 7 



Premature concession ... ... ... 9 



What may be proved ... ... ... ... ... n 



Absolute difference between living and dead ... 12 



II. THE PHYSICAL DOCTRINE OF LIFE. CHEMISTRY AND 

 MECHANICS. 



Are living beings only inorganic matter and forces ? ... ... 17 



Vital power not force ... ... ... ... ... 18 



Organic and inorganic world ... ... ... 19 



Conservation of energy ... ... ... ... ... ... 20 



Form never results from force... ... ... ... 21 



Assertions and dogmas ... ... ... ... ... ... 22 



Machines and laboratories ... ... ... ... ... ... 23 



Dr. Odling's views s ... 24 



No one teaches that life creates energy ... 27 



Life " only," a transformer ... ... ... ... ... ... 28 



Formation of acetic acid from inorganic matter 31 



Albumen not produced artificially ... ... ... ... ... 32 



Chemistry not constructive ... ... ... ... 33 



Artificial living matter... ... ... ... ... ... ... 34 



Chemical health and disease 35 



Nutrition not chemical... ... ... ... ... ... ... 36 



Oxidation and nutrition ... ... ... ... ... ... 37 



Inflammation, fermentation ... ... ... ... ... ... 39 



Microscopical investigation ... ... ... ... ... ... 41 



Broad general views ... ... ... ... ... ... . 42 



Importance of living matter ... .. t . . 43 



Experimental organisms ... ... ... . ... ... 45 



Mr. Justice Grove's views ... ... ... ... .. ... 46 



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