604 



INDEX 



Axcaris, centrosome of spermatozoa of, 

 70 



fertilisation in, 202 

 Asp, 496 

 Asphyxia, 282 

 Assimilation, 157, 485 



in animals, 160 



in plants, 158, 287 

 Astronomical knowledge, 33 

 Atavism, 180 

 Athenteus, 9 



Atmosphere, composition of, 282 

 Atom, 33, 209 

 Atrophy, 321, 488 



and dissimilation, 485 



from disuse, 323, 352 



normal, 321 



pathological, 323 



pigment, 336 



senile, 323, 338 

 Avicenna, 11 

 Axial orientation, 496 



Bacillus butyric us, 112 

 Bacon, 13 



Bacteria, action of temperature upon 

 growth of, 391 



anaerobic, 287 



chemotaxis of, 432 



geotaxis of, 446 



iron-, 278 



mechanical stimulation of, 388 



multiplication of, 366 



nitrogen-, 140, 274 



nucleus of, 67 



nutrition of, 140 



of cholera, 287 



of symptomatic anthrax, 287 



of tetanus, 287 



phototaxis of, 449 



resistance of, to high temperatures, 

 291 



rheotaxis of, 445 



spore-formation of, 281 



structure of, 67 



sulphur-, 278 

 Bacterium lacticum, 112 



photometricum, 400 

 Bffityli, 7 



Ballooning, effects of, 293 

 Barotaxis, 440 

 Barthez, 18 



Bear-animalcules, desiccation of, 129 

 Bees, production of heat by, 258 

 Bell, Charles, 19 

 Bell's law, 19 

 Bernard, Claude, 23 

 Bioblasts, 63 

 Biogens, 481 



decomposition of, 484 



formation of, 483 



growth of, 529 

 polymerism of, 486, 529 



Biogenesis, law of, 30, 207, 208, 315, 

 575 



Biotonus, 487 



action of general stimuli upon, 489 

 action of local stimuli upon, 496 



Blisters, 325 



Blood, circulation of, 577 



discovery of circulation of, 11, 12, 13 

 streaming of, in capillaries, 219 



Bcerhaave, 16 



du Bois-Reymond, 23, 263 



Bone, 168 



Bordeu, 18 



Borelli, 14 



Brain, 580 



Branchipus stagnalis, 183 



Brown, John, 18 



Brownian movement, 4, 220 



Butyric acid as decomposition-product 

 of carbohydrate, 113 



CALCIFICATION, 335 

 Calcium guanin, 83, 109, 176 

 Calcium oxalate in plant-cells, 83 

 Calorie, 212, 260 

 Calorimeter, 260 

 Calorimetry, 44, 260, 549 

 Cane-sugar, 112 

 Carbohydrates, 110 



as product of proteid- decomposition, 

 164 



as source of muscle energy, 554 



combinations of, 108, 113 



fate of ingested, 161 



localisation of, in cell, 116 



origin of, from fat, 480 

 Carbon-equilibrium, 275 

 Carbonic acid as constituent of living 

 substance, 115 



as excretion, 173 



as product of carbohydrate-decompo- 

 sition, 113 



as product of proteid-decomposi- 

 tion, 110,164 



cleavage of, in plant-cell, 158, 217, 



366, 399 

 Carchesiwm as cell-republic, 568 



digestion in, 152 

 Carnivora, 140, 141, 276 

 Cartilage, 168 

 Casein, 108 

 Catalytic action, 155 

 Catderpa, 72 



Causality, craving for, 5, 32, 35 

 Cell, amoeboid, 75 



artificial, 167 



as constituent of organism, 27, 60 



as elementary organism, 56 



as object of physiological study, 48 



chemical compounds of, 102 



ciliated, 77, 247 



definition of, 68 



development of, 204, 530 



