ON PHYSIOLOGICAL MORPHOLOGY. 6 1 



laws of organization from the common source of all life phe- 

 nomena, i. e. t the chemical activity of the cell. In what way 

 this is to be done is indicated in the chapter on the mechanics 

 of growth. 



But the aim of Physiological Morphology is not alone an 

 analytical one. It has another and higher aim, which is 

 synthetical or constructive, that is, to form new combina- 

 tions from the elements of living nature, just as the physicist 

 and chemist form new combinations from the elements of 

 non-living nature. 



