CONTENTS 



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INTRODUCTION . . . . . . . 1-15 



CHAPTER I. 

 The Common Frog External Features ; Muscles; Skeleton . 16-37 



CHAPTER II. 



The Frog (continued) Internal Anatomy ; Crelom ; Lymph ; 

 Gut ; Lungs ; Spleen ; Kidneys ; Reproductive Organs ; 

 Heart ; Arteries ; Veins ; Capillaries ; Circulation of Blood ; 

 Nervous System ; Spinal Cord ; Brain ; Cranial and Spinal 

 Nerves ; Sympathetic System ; Organs of Special Sense . 38-72 



CHAPTER III. 



Histology ; Blood ; Protoplasm and Cells ; Structure of Cell ; 

 Epithelia ; Nerve Cells and Fibres ; Muscular Tissue ; Con- 

 nective Tissue ; Cartilage ; Bone ; Adipose Tissue ; the Cell 

 Theory ; Mitosis ; Maturation of Ovum ; Spermatogenesis ; 

 Fertilisation ; Segmentation of Ovum ; Early stages of 

 Development . . . . . .73-125 



CHAPTER IV. 



The Rhizopoda, Amreba proteus; Structure of Amoeba; Structure 

 of Protoplasm ; Reproduction of Amoeba ; Groups of Rhizo- 

 poda ; Formation of Chalk ..... 126-137 



CHAPTER V. 



The Sun- Animalcule, Actinosphaerium Eichornii ; Structure of 



Actinosphaerium; Reproduction; Mitosis; Encystment . 138-146 



CHAPTER VI. 



The Mycetozoa, Badhamia utricularis ; Plasmodium ; Sclerotium ; 

 Spore Formation ; Flagellulae ; Amcebulse ; Affinities to 

 Plants . . 147-153 



CHAPTER VII. 



Monocystis agilis andjMonocystis magna ; Structure ; Conjuga- 

 tion ; Sporoblasts, Pseudonavicellae and Sporozoites ; 

 Parasitism . . . . .154-159 



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