CONTENTS 



Preface 



Table of the Classification of the Animal Kingdom 



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 V 



xix 



CHAPTER I 



Introduction 



I . General Survey of the Animal Kingdom . 



Living Matter contrasted with Non-living Matter 

 The Physical Basis of Life — Protoplasm 



2. 



3- 



4- 



5- 

 6. 



7- 



S. 



9- 



The Origin of Life . ' 



The Cell and the Cell Theory . 



Plants contrasted with Animals 



Classification ...... 



The Principal Phyla of the Animal Kingdom 

 Zoology and its Subsciences . 



I 



I 



8 



io 



12 



12 



18 



21 



23 

 25 



CHAPTER II 



Phylum Protozoa 27 



1. Class I. Rhizopoda 27 



a, Ameba proteus, 27 ; b, Rhizopoda in General, 39. 



2. Class II. Mastigophora 



a, Euglena 7>iridis, 41 ; b, Mastigophora in General, 45. 



3. Class III. Sporozoa 



a, Monocystis, 48 ; b, Plasmodium vivax, 50 ; c, Sporo- 

 zoa in General, 52. 



4. Class IV. Infusoria ....... 



a, Paramecium caudatum, 53 ; b, Infusoria in General, 

 62. 



5. Protozoa in General ....... 



41 

 48 



6. Pathogenic Protozoa 



65 

 70 



