INDEX 



289 



Propagation of impulse, 76, 89 



of stimulus in plants, 



136 

 Protoplasm, interstitial, 213 



, death of, 139 



, movement of in plants, 

 135, 138, 158 



Protoplasm, network in, 113, 114 

 Protozoa, 112 

 Purkinje's cells, 168 

 fibres, 99 

 Pyorrhrea, 258 

 Pyrexia, local, 232, 244, 253 et seq. 



Q 



QUANTITY and tension, 198 

 Quince, the, 10, 17, 36 



R 



RADCLIFFE, 52 



Ranvier, 122 



, band of, 195 



, nodes of, 192, 19G 



Rate of propagation of nerve im- 

 pulse, 78, 89, 98, 213 



Rate of stimulation, 98 



Rays of light, 219 et seq. 



Reduction-division, 110 



Reflex action, 98, 212, 214 



Reissner, membrane of, 231 



Relative resistance of gutta-percha, 

 251 



Relays, system of in the body, 74 



Repair outfit, 16, 31 



Reseda odorata, protoplasm of, 124 



Resin in plants, 134 



Resistance of animal tissues, 79 

 nerves compared, 79 

 skin, 69 



Response of muscles and nerves to 

 stimulation, 178 et seq. 



Resting nucleus, 104 



Retardation, 74, 76, 78, 91 



Retina, 221 et seq. 



Rhubarb, capacity of, 19 

 , leaves of, 277 



Rhythmic movement in plants, 135 



Rice, grain of, 113 

 plant, 39 



Rigor in plants, 143 



Rind of fruits, 6 



Robertson, M'Gregor, 55, 175 

 , A. White, vii 



Rockwell, 49 



Rods and cones, 221 



Rosenthal, 75 et seq., 116, 166, 175 



Ross, Earl of, 218 



SACCULE, 229 



Sachs, 4, 43, 118, 121, 126, 130, 137, 



143, 158 



Salivary gland, section through, 123 

 Salts in blood plasma, 142 



vegetables, 127 

 Saprophyte, 113 

 Sarcolemma, 145, 150, 153, 161, 



165, 167, 251 

 Sarcomeres, 52, 97, 147 et seq., 155, 



161, 166, 180 



Sarcous substance, 145, 188 

 Savoy cabbage, 43 

 Scala tympani, 229 



vestibule, 229 

 Schafer, 103, 105, 108, 110, 115, 



118, 120, 122, 124, 138, 153, 168, 



185, 189, 204, 214, 224 

 Schenck, 5 

 Schizomycetes, 112 

 Schultze, 207, 210, 221, 224 

 Schwann, white substance of, 193 

 Sciatica, 158, 258 

 Sciatic nerve, 75, 98, 122, 162 



,, plexus, 75 

 Sclerenchymatous fibre, 123 

 Scorzonera hispanica, laticiferous 



vessels of, 126, 127 

 Screened cable, 163 

 Sebaceous glands, 56, 65, 255, 258 

 ,, secretion, purpose of, 133 

 Secondary action of platinum, 7 

 Secretion of nut seeds, 26 et seq. 

 Seed substance, electrification of, 24 

 Seeds in their electrical aspect, 22 



et seq. 



Segmentation of the ovum, 110 

 Selenium, 219, 223 



cell, 217 

 eye, 218 



Sense-organs in plants, 128, 130 

 Sensory nerves, 194, 200, 203, 212, 



214, 216, 231, 256 

 Sensory nerves of plants, 130, 157 

 nucleus, 215 

 nuclei, 216 

 Sexual reproduction, 112 

 Sharpey, 147 

 Sherrington, 85 

 Siemens, 218 

 Sight in plants, 128 

 Sivewright, 91 

 Skin currents, 88 



resistance, 69 

 Sleeping sickness, 275 

 Smirnow, 124 

 Smith, Willoughby, 218 

 Soil, application of electricity to, 3 



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