CONTENTS 



CHAPTER PAGE 



PREFACE ix 



I. CHANGES IN SCIENTIFIC OPINION ALCHEMISTS AND 



CHEMISTS VITALISTS, MECHANISTS AND NEO-VITALISTS 1 

 II. THE CELL ITS PARTS PROTOPLASM AND ITS CHARAC- 

 TERS NUCLEUS CHROMOSOMES RELATIONS OF 

 NUCLEUS AND CELL PROTOPLASM . . ... 16 



III. CHARACTERISTICS OF LIVING MATTER AMOEBA MOTION 



IRRITABILITY ASSIMILATION AND METABOLIC PRO- 

 CESSES RESPIRATION REPRODUCTION DEATH . . 27 



IV. CHEMICAL CHARACTERS OF CELL CRYSTALLISATION 



BYE-PRODUCTS OF CELL MOVEMENT IRRITABILITY 



OR TACTISM . 38 



V. REPRODUCTION KARYOKINESIS A VITAL PROCESS 

 CELL-DIVISION Is IT MECHANICAL ? EXPERIMENTAL 



EMBRYOLOGY i 63 



VI. BIOGENESIS AND ABIOGENESIS HISTORY OF THE CON- 

 TROVERSY DR. BASTIAN'S VIEWS WHERE DID LIVING 

 MATTER COME FROM THE CATHOLIC POSITION . 71 

 VII. ADAPTATIONS PURPOSIVE ACTIONS IN LIVING THINGS . 87 

 VIII. REPAIRS AND REGENERATION EXPERIMENTS ON HYDRA 



AND OTHER FORMS . . . . . . . 98 



IX. LIVING THINGS AND MACHINES THEIR DIFFERENCES 



SPENCER AND WEISMANN A " VERBAL EXPLANATION " 111 

 X. THE LAW OF THE CONSERVATION OF ENERGY "LAWS" 



OF NATURE ENERGIES OF LIFE MATTER AND FORM 125 

 XI. THE " SOMETHING OVER " NEO-VITALISTS AND THEIR 



DEFINITIONS CONCLUSION 138 



INDEX , , . . . , , , 145 



