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INDEX. 



Comparative Experiments, bearing 

 upon occurrence of Archebiosis, 

 xxx-lii. 



Conclusions, ii. 633-640. 



Confervse, origin of Mosses from, ii. 

 452- 



Consciousness, i. 42 ; not co-exten- 

 sive with Mind, i. 43 ; changes in 

 sphere of, i. 44 ; degree of corre- 

 lation with nerve-action, i. 45 ; 

 quantitative value of, i. 46. 



Contagion, theory of, ii. 360 ; mode 

 in which brought about, cxviii ; 

 early views concerning, cxix. 



Contagious element, action of, in 

 parasitic diseases, ii. 361-365. 



Contagiousness, degrees of, cxiv, 

 cxxxv; explanation of, cxlviii. 



Contractility of muscle, i. 26 ; de- 

 pendent on blood-supply, i. 28. 



Corda, on Peziza, i. 184. 



Crystalline matter, causes of differ- 

 ences in form of, ii. 87 ; cellular 

 forms of, ii. 59. 



Crystalloids, distinction between 

 colloids and, i. 88 ; interchange- 

 ability of states of colloids and, 

 ii. 38. 



Crystals, origin of, compared with 

 that of lowest organisms, i. 298, 

 ii. 71-85 ; Mr. Rainey on form- 

 ation of modifications of, i. 302 ; 

 formation of, under different con- 

 ditions, ii. 55-65 ; size of, de- 

 pends upon rate of collocation, ii. 

 69 ; influence of conditions on 

 forms of, ii. 87, 113; development 

 of, ii. 114. 



Darwin, Dr. Erasmus, views on Or- 

 ganization, ii. 538. 



Darwin, Mr., on Natural Selection, 

 ii- 57 2 > 576; influence of new 

 conditions upon species, ii. 580, 

 591 ; not a believer in Progressive 

 Development, ii. 590 ; converti- 

 bility of peach and nectarine, 

 ii. 596, 598 ; Correlated Varia- 

 bility, ii. 601 ; Pangenesis, ii. 603 ; 



affiliation of existing organisms, 

 ii. 606 ; variability of lower or- 

 ganisms, ii. 607 ; stability of spe- 

 cies through long periods, ii. 609. 



Davaine, M., on Bacteridia, i. 275 ; 

 observations on Sang de rate, ii. 

 362. 



Davy, Sir Humphrey, on Heat, i. 8. 



Decolonization, process of, in deve- 

 lopment of Nematoids and Roti- 

 fers, ii. 532. 



Desmids, modes of origin of, ii. 41 2, 

 416, 418, 443, 446, 451 ; mode of 

 reproduction of, ii. 420 ; converti- 

 bility of, into Diatoms or Algae, ii. 



455- 



Diatoms, origin of, ii. 412, 416, 418, 

 441, 444, 453 ; mode of reproduc- 

 tion of, ii. 420 ; terminal forms of 

 a divergent series, ii. 455. 



Diseases of skin, parasitic, ii. 346; 

 blood-changes in, ii. 361 ; nature 

 of, cxi ; causes of, cxi ; of general 

 nature, ii. 360, cxii; of special 

 nature, cxiii. Epidemic, mor- 

 tality from, cix; importance of, 

 ex ; problems as to origin of, 

 ex, cxlv, cli-clv ; nature of, cxvii, 

 cxlix; relations of, to Cancer and 

 Tubercle, cxvii ; spread of, cxviii ; 

 doctrines concerning, influenced 

 by views on Fermentation, ex, 

 cxx, cxlix ; predisposing causes of, 

 cliii ; independent origin of, cliii ; 

 contagious, how related to non- 

 contagious, cxxx ; classification of, 

 cxlvi ; how differing from general 

 parasitic diseases, cxlvii. 



Distomata, direct development of 

 some, explained, ii. 571. 



Dumas, M., functions of animals 

 and plants compared, i. 130, 

 142. 



Dysentery, cxxxviii. 



Ehrenberg, on multiplication of In- 

 fusoria, i. 262. 



Embryonal areas of pellicle, nature 

 and developmental transforma- 



