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lory and nerrons systems, 128. Composition and nature 

 of the auloiioinic xi/xtem, 129. Experimental evidence of 

 connection between the adrenal glands and the nervous sys- 

 tem, 131. Clinical eridence of adrenal-nervous connection, 

 133. Summary of present state of knowledge in this field, 

 137. 



XIX. THE ORGAN ISM AT. SIGNIFICANCE OF THE INTERNAL SECRETORY 



SYSTEM 141 



General inability of elementalism to Interpret Ihe phenom- 

 ena, l^l. Critique of the view that infernal secretions are 

 "format ire stuffs," 1/fi. The metaphysical and logical weak- 

 ness of the view, 1^8. The form of metaphysical absolutism 

 involved, 151. Confusion of theory of organisms and 

 theory of the knowledge of organisms, 152. An illustra- 

 tion of neglect of fact by elementalist theory, 157. A peculiar 

 elementalist objection to the organic whole, 15X. 



XX. NEURAL INTEGRATION 161 



Distinction between developmental and functional integra- 

 tion, 161. Neural and not psychical phenomena the subject 

 of this chapter, 101. The author's indebtedness to Sher- 

 rington's work, 162. The fundament alii y of cellular inte- 

 gration in the reflex-arc, 163. The integration of reflex- 

 arcs, 168. The spreading and compounding of reflexes, 171. 

 Antagonistic refl.exes in skeletal muscle groups finally in- 

 tegratire, 17//. The antagonisms within the autonomic sys- 

 Icni finally inlegrative, 178. Concluding remarks on the sig- 

 nificance of neural integration for the organismal standpoint, 



XXI. IMPLICATIONS OF THE TROPISTIC AND SEGMENTAL THEORIES OF 



NERVE ACTION 18.1 



Neglect of the works of Sherrington and Cannon by Jacques 

 Loeb, 185. The real importance of Loeb's conception of the 

 nf.rvous system, 187. The organismal character of tropisms 

 partly recognized by Loeb, 188. The organismal character 

 of the segmentai theory of the nervous system, 190. Critique 

 of the element a lixl attempt to interpret tropistic and seg- 

 mentai theories of the function of the nervous system, 198. 

 The bearing of this critique on "analysis" in Biological 



