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Mucous membrane 



Organ of smell. . . . . . ' . . 39 



Organ of taste. . . . . . . . . 40 



Organ of hearing . . . . . . 40 



Organ of sight. . . . . . . . . . . . 41 



Of demonstrating Bioplasm and of its Microscopical Characters. 



Process of investigation . . . . . . 44 



Colour not due to mere tinting 46 



Microscopic characters of bioplasm . . . . . . 47 



Bioplasm of sugar fungus . . '. . 47 



Bioplasm of tuft of placenta . . . . . . . . 47 



Bioplasm of the hair . . . . . . . . . . . 48 



Vital power . . 



Amoeba.. .. , ..48 



Changes in Bioplasm. 



Bioplasm in different organs and tissues 



Movements of bioplasm .... . . . . 50 



Changes ending in formation of a capsule . . 



Mucus corpuscle . . . . . . ' . . 51 



Its vital movements ; . . . . ... . 51 



Of the molecules . . . . 52 



Irritability contractility . . ' ' . . . . . . 53 



Movements in the bioplasm of plants . . . . 53 



Movements in morbid bioplasm . . . . . . 53 



Bioplasm constituting new centres nuclei and nucleoli . . 54 



Nuclei and nucleoli do not produce formed material . . 55 

 Bioplasm destitute of nuclei. . .. .. .. ..56 



Mode of origin of nuclei . . . . . . . . 56 



Production of formed material from bioplasm . . . . 56 



Structure of a spore of mildew . . . . . . . . 57 



Change in the spore . . . . . . . . . . 58 



Growth of the bioplasm . . . . . . . . 58 



Another kind of growth . . . . . . . . 59 



Increase of bioplasm and production of formed material . . 59 



Death of the mildew . . . . 60 



How is the new matter added produced ? . . . . . . 60 



Importance of these changes in bioplasm . . . . . . 61 



Formation of Tissues and Organs out of Bioplasm. 



Elementary organs and tissues . . . . . . 63 



Tissues of a limb . . . . . . . . . . 63 



