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Eioplasm in health and disease, and at all ages . . . . 15 



Of diiference in structure . . . . . . . . . . 16 



Variation in structure not due only to varying conditions 18 



JExamples of Bioplasm in Tissue. 



A Toung leaf and its bioplasm . . . . . . . . ] 9 



Cartilage and its bioplasm - . . . . . . . . . 20 



Epithelium and its bioplasm. . , . . . . . . . 20 



Mucus and its bioplasm , , . . . . . . . . . 20 



Origin and Nutrition of Bioplasm. 



Moremeuts of bioplasm . . . . . . . . . . 21 



Origin of new centres. . . . . . . . . . . . 21 



!N"utrition of bioplasm . . . . . . . . . . . 22 



How pabulum may be brought near to the bioplasm . . 23 

 Organs for introducing food. . .. .. .. .,23 



Distribution of nourishment. . . . . . . . . . 23 



The heart 24 



Kapid growth of bioplasm in tlie adult and in old age . . 25 



Eapid growth of bioplasm in disease . . . . . . 25 



Pus corpuscles . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 



Of the Egg and of Development. 



The ovum or egg . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 



Of development . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 



Interstitial channels . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 



Yessels 30 



Str actures and organs . . . . . . . . . . . 31 



Alimentary canal . , . . . . . . . . . . 31 



Grlands for producing solvent fluids . . . . . . 32 



The blood 33 



Bioplasm of the blood . . . . . . . . . . . 33 



Red blood corpuscles. . . . . . . . . . . . 34 



Liver for making bile and altering the blood . . . . 34 



Lungs for respiration. . .. .. .. .. ..35 



The kidneys for secreting . . . . . . . . . . 35 



Cutaneous glands . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 



Organs inactive during embryonic life . . . . . . 36 



Temporary organs . . . . . . , . . . . . 36 



The skeleton 36 



JC^ervous tissues . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 



The muscular tissue . . . . . . . . . . . . 3S 



The skin 38 



