The Organisation of Matter 



forms and the properties of living matter. If 

 we desire to reproduce these forms as faithfully 

 as possible, we must not make the attempt 

 with solid bodies, but with liquid or viscous 

 mixtures similar to those found in living 

 tissues. 



It is then possible to bring into action forces 

 of the most diverse kinds capillarity, osmosis, 

 diffusion, convection of heat. M. Bdnard, by 

 utilising the vortices produced in liquids dis- 

 turbed by local inequalities of temperature, 

 has succeeded in reproducing with striking 

 exactness the cellular disposition of vegetable 

 tissues. Quincke with his foam cells, and 

 Harting with his jellies, are also working at 

 synthetic morphology. Biitschli of Heidelberg 

 is pursuing the same results by analogous means. 

 " He manages it," says M. Raphael Dubois, " by 

 mixing with certain precautions linseed oil, an 

 alkaline carbonate and water, or instead, oil 

 and yoke of egg, just as if he were making a 

 mayonnaise sauce. It is cookery, but very 

 strange when seen through the microscope. 

 Not only does it resemble the fundamental 



substance of cells, reduced to its most simple 



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