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INDEX 



Halogens, the, 61 

 Heart, effect of ions upon the, 28 

 Heat due to ionisation, 26, 36 

 Howell on the heart, 29 

 Hydrocarbons, evolution of, 57 

 Hydroxyl, effect on growth, 106 

 Hydroxylamine, 39, 66 



Imides, 68 



Immunity and oxidation, 111 



Ions, the, 12 



absorption of, 21 



and esters, 100 



and lipoids, 100 



and oxidation, 111 



antagonism of, 90, 97, 102 



anions, 17 



applied in therapeutics, 108 



conduct electricity, 17 



effect on contractility, 23, 29 

 on growth, 24, 104 

 on the heart, 28, 105 

 on micro-organisms, 



107 



on the organism, 80 

 on proteins, 85, 94 

 on taste, 22 

 physiological, of, 96 



essential to the organism, 

 90,92 



give the electrical charge, 92 



how formed, 12 



hydroxyl, effect on growth, 

 106 



in biology, 30 



in immunity, 111, 121 



in pharmacology, 96 



in plants, 31 



their electric charge, 17 



their reaction, 17 



their valency, 49 



their velocity, 18 

 Ion-protein compounds, 89 



Kalenberg on taste due to ions, 



22 

 Kinetic theory, 1 



Lecithin, formation of, 51 

 Lipoids and ions, 100 



Living matter, 30, 73 



characters of, 7 

 evolution of, 46 

 instability of, 76 

 Pfliiger's theory of, 77 



Loeb on contractility, 27 



Matter, affinity of, 46 



polarity of, 47 



theories of, 2 



valency of, 49 

 McKenclrick on life, 30 

 Meres, 12, 84 

 Metabolons, 5 

 Metals, excretion of, 98 

 Micro-organisms, effect of ions 



on, 107 

 Millikin and Stiles on action of 



ions, 27 

 Mineral constituents of body are 



ions, 81 

 Muscular activity and ions, 25 



Nageli on living substance, 30 

 Nitrogen compounds, 64 

 Non-electrolytes, 13 



cannot displace ions, 92 



Osmotic pressure due to ions, 19 

 Ostwald on reaction, 127 



on permeability of cells, 96 

 Oxidases, 113 

 Oxidation and ions, 111 



Pauli on electrical charge of pro- 

 teins, 94 

 on ions and lipoids, 100 



in immunity, 121 

 on living matter, 86 

 on physiological effects of 



ions, 96 



on sulphocyanates, 100 

 Permeability of cells to ions, 95 

 Pfliiger's theory of living matter, 



77 



Phosphorus compounds, 61 

 Physiological effect of ions, 96 

 Polarity of matter, 47 

 Proteids, evolution of, 43 



