INDEX 



Abderhalden, and anaphylaxis, 38; 

 serological studies by the optical 

 method, 91, 265 ; on enzyme nature 

 of ectotoxins, 259 



Abrin, 47 ; effects on offspring, 62 



Accustomance, law of, 166 



Achorion schoenleinii, 23 



Acquired characters, Weismann on 

 non - transmissibility of, 134 ; as 

 distinct from inherited, 140; ther- 

 mogenic acquirements, 151 (note) 



Acquired constitutional states, direct 

 transmission, 157 



Acquirement of conditions of defect, 

 66, 153 



Acromegaly, 342; antiquity of, 16 

 (note) 



Adami and Aschoff, 82 



Adams, F. D., 177 



Adaptation, direct, Sir E. Ray Lan- 

 kester on, 10, 355, 357, 361; 

 Lamarck's views, 10; the crucial 

 experiment, 351 et seq. 



Adaptation, in the bacteria, 15, 28 

 et seq. ; to increased temperature, 

 40 ; of harmless bacteria to growth 

 in the tissues, 41 ; in protozoa, 45 ; 

 to disease-producing agencies in 

 higher animals, 45 et seq.; leuco- 

 cytic, 53; and inflammation, 116 

 et seq. 



Adenoma, malignant, of kidney, 317 ; 

 of suprarenal, 317 



Adenomyoma of uterus, 344 



Adiposis, 342 



Adsorption by fluid crystals, 186 



Albrecht, 184, 187 



Alcohol, effects on offspring, 63 



Algae, marine, antiquity of, 17 



Algonkian limestones, mode of for- 

 mation, 17 



Amboceptor, 53, 251 



Amino-acids, 74, 221 



Amphimixis, 13, 94 



Anaphylaxis, 254 et seq. ; its nature, 



38; relation to immunity, 42; 



and inheritance, 67 ; mechanism of, 



92; a stage in development of 



immunity, 256 

 Anaplasia and depression of function, 



249 



Anaspides, 18 

 Andrewes, F., on streptococci from 



throat, 24, 36 

 Antibodies, 50 

 Antitoxins, production of, 48, 50, 244 ; 



and toxins, relation of, 50 

 Apathy, 172, 182 

 Arnsperger, 285 

 Arthritis, rheumatoid, antiquity of, 16 ; 



in tertiary horse, 16 

 Aschoff, J., on myelins, 174; their 



relationship to gall-stones, 183 ; 



on compounds of nitrogenous bases 



and fatty acid, 205; on lympha- 



denosis, 345 



Atavism, 137; explained by side- 

 chain theory, 153 

 Atom, size of, 214 



Auto-intoxications, inheritance of, 159 

 Autolysis and myelin production, 



187 



Automaticity of the cell, 240 

 Axolotl, conversion to Amblystoma, 



67 (note) 



Babes, V., 125 



Bacillus anthracis, 35, 115, 119, 124 



botulinus, 23 (note) 



coli, 126 ; mutations of, 29 



cyanogenus (syncyanus), 117 



diphtheriae, 129 



hoffmanni, 129 



leprae, 39 



megatherium, 152 (note) ; in- 

 duced virulence of, 37 



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