CONTENTS. 



AUTHOR'S PREFACE v 



AUTHOR'S PREFACE TO THE SECOND EDITION . . . xi 



TRANSLATOR'S PREFACE xiii 



LIST OF WOOD ENGRAVINGS xv 



LECTURE I. CELLS AND THE CELLULAR THEORY . . 27 



Introduction and object. Importance of anatomical discoveries in the his- 

 tory of medicine. Slight influence of the cell-theory upon pathology. 

 Cells as the ultimate active elements of the living body. Their nature 

 more accurately defined. Vegetable cells ; membrane, contents, nucleus. 

 Animal cells; capsulated (cartilage) and simple. Nuclei of. Nucleoli of. 

 Theory of the formation of cells out of free cytoblastema. Constancy 

 of nucleus and its importance in the maintenance of the living cell. Di- 

 versity of cell-contents and their importance as regards the functions of 

 parts. Cells as vital unities. The body as a social organization. Cellu- 

 lar in contradistinction to humoral and solidistic, pathology. Explana- 

 tion of some of the preparations. Young shoots of plants. Growth of 

 plants. Growth of cartilage. Young ova. Young cells in sputa. 



LECTURE II.- PHYSIOLOGICAL TISSUES .... 51 



Falsity of the view that tissues and fibres are made up of globules (ele- 

 mentary granules). The investment theory (Umhiillungstheorie). Equi- 

 vocal [spontaneous] generation of cells. The law of continuous deve- 

 lopmentGeneral classification of the tissues. The three categories 

 of General Histology. Special tissues. Organs and systems, or appara- 

 tuses. The EPITHELIAL TISSUES. Squamous, cylindrical, and transitional 

 epithelium. Epidermis and rete Malpighii. Nails, and their diseases. 

 Crystalline lens. Pigment. Gland-cells. The CONNECTIVE TISSUES. The 

 theories of Schwann, Henle, and Reichert. My theory. Connective 

 tissue as intercellular substance. Cartilage (hyaline, fibro- and reticular). 

 Mucous tissue. Adipose tissue. Anastomosis of cells ; juice-conveying 

 system of tubes or canals. 



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