INDEX. 



459 



Cell or primitive organic corpuscle, dis- 

 covery of, 84, 85 ; various views and 



theories of philosophers on formation 



of, 89 ; Goodsir's observations, 90-95 

 Cells perform the process of secretion, 



115 

 Cell-genesis, the first ray of biological 



discovery, 65 ; Barry's development 

 of, 67 

 Centre of gravity in man aud in animals, 



226 ; of absolute knowledge, 300 

 Centres of nutrition, what Goodsir meant 



by the term, 90 ; paper on, 114 

 Cephaloppdous molluscs, peculiarities in 



eye of, 51 

 Cetacea, Goodsir studied, 137 

 Chalmers (Dr.), native of Anstruther, 5 ; 



Professor of Moral Philosophy at St. 



Andrews, 13 

 Chameleon, on the action of its tongue, 33 

 Charlotte Street, Goodsir's residence in, 



187 

 Chemical force in living organisms, 347 

 Chemico-physiological inquiries, Goodsir 



desirous of making, 111 

 Chemistry, young Goodsir's successful 



study of, 16 

 Cheselden's operations not empirical, 352 

 Child, acquisition of language by, 252, 



254 

 Chimpansee, lips in, 250 

 Christian Faith, anatomists not opposed 



to, 1 16 

 Christianity, influence of on man, 1S5 ; 



and the knowledge of God's laws in 



nature, 220 ; what it has done for 



science, 285 

 Christison (Professor), 16 ; his lectures, 



29 

 Cilia, paper on, 49 

 Ci/iiii/rui/n, papers on, by Goodsir and 



Forbes, 53, 72 

 Claims of Professor Goodsir as to his 



position in the History of Science, 200 



< lausilia of Arthur's Seat, Goodsir shows 



Edward Forbes how to dissect it, 32 

 Cleland (Professor), opinion of Professor 



< toodsir's training, etc., 161 

 ( Himate, how changed by human agency, 



213 

 Clupeidce investigated by Goodsir, 187, 



169 

 Coalescence oftflfnences, some easy, others 



difficult, 286 

 Cochlea controlling action of larynx, 249 

 College of Surgeons, <i Isir becomes a 



fellow, 188 



< lolumn (vertebral), in man cut by its 



own axis in live point J, 226 



Comparative anatomy, constant refer- 

 ences to, 12S, much studied by Good- 

 sir, 137 



Comparative Psychology, 308 



Complete and incomplete, meaning of 

 the expressions, 210 



Completeness of human structure, 207 



Conditions of life, 207 



Connective tissue of the kidney, 116 



Conscious element of animal, 20S, 209 ; 

 its peculiarity, 212, 213 ; principle 

 in man, how it differs from that of 

 animal, 214 



Consciousness, animals have a principle 

 allied to that of man, 211 ; of man 

 self-conscious of animal instinctive, 

 222 



Contemporaries, Goodsir's relations with, 

 189 



Continent, Goodsir goes to Continent for 

 his health, 149, 150 



Conversation of Professor Goodsir, 201 



Cormack (Dr.) and the Monthly Medical 

 Journal, 64 



Cornceres quarry near Anstruther, Fossil 

 fishes from, 49, 50 



Corporeal constitution of man, how regu- 

 lated, 217 ; and physical elements of 

 organisation, 290 



Correspondents of Professor Goodsir, 

 18S, 189 



Coi-i/iiiorjiJiii nutans found in Orkney, 52 



Cosmic atoms and the microscope, 84 



Couch on Amphioxus lanceolatus, 373 



Course of lectures, altered each year, 1 29 



Covenanters, Fife a cherished locality 

 of, 3 



Cow, embryo of, possesses germs of canine 

 and upper incisive teeth, 44 



Creation, man can only conceive creation 

 to be the evolution of existence, 222 



Crustacea, dorsal vessel homologous with 

 heart and primitive aorta of vertebrata, 

 141 



Crystallography, fundamental forms 

 viewed by the light of, 176, 179 



Cupar, Literary and Antiquarian Society, 

 46 ; paper on animals collected near 

 Anstruther, 51 



Curatorship of Museum of Medical Fa- 

 culty offered to and accepted by Good- 

 sir, 109 ; report on progress, 114 



Curvatures of animal vertebral column, 

 225, 226 



Cutaneous muscular system in man, 243 

 244; uencs, 245 



Cuttle-fish, on the eye of, 51, 52; speci- 

 mens of its anatomy In Goodsir's mu- 

 seum, 1 6 1 



