INDEX 
A 
Abiogenesis, 277 
Acquired characters, inheritance of, 
314; Weismann on, 398 
Agassiz, essay on classification, 137; 
agreement of embryological stages 
and the fossil record, 334; fossil 
fishes, 334; portrait, 334 
Aldrovandi, 115 
Alternative inheritance, 316 
Amphimixis, the source of variations, 
396 
Anatomical sketches, the earliest, 32; 
from Vesalius, 31, 33 
Anatomical studies, recent tenden- 
cies of, 442 
Anatomy, of Aristotle, 23; begin- 
nings of, 23; earliest known illus- 
trations, 32; of Galen, 24; of the 
Middle Ages, 24; comparative, 
rise of, 141-165; of insects, 
Dufour, 109; Lyonet, 91; Mal- 
pighi, 63; Newport, 100; Réau- 
mur, 96; Roesel, 96; Straus- 
Dirckheim, 96; Swammerdam, 
7°, 73-77; minute, progress of, 
89-104; of plants, Grew, 56; 
Malpighi, 66 
Ancients, return to the science of, 
112 
Animal behavior, studies of, 441 
Animal kingdom of Cuvier, 133 
Aquinas, St. Thomas, on creation, 
409 
Arcana Nature, of Leeuwenhoek, 
78 
Anistotle, 9-15; books of, 13; errors 
of, 13; estimate of, 10; extensive 
knowledge of animals, 12; the 
founder of natural history, 9; in- 
fluence of, 15; personal appear- 
ance, 13, 14; portrait, 14; posi- 
tion in the development of science, 
II 
Arrest of inquiry, effect of, 17 
Augustine, St., on creation, 409 
Authority declared the source of 
knowledge, 18 
B 
Bacteria, discovery of, 276; disease- 
producing, 300; and antiseptic 
surgery, 302; nitrifying, of the 
soil, 303 
Bacteriology, development of, 276 
Baer, Von, and the rise of embryol- 
ogy, 195-236; his great classic on 
development of animals, 214; and 
germ-layers, 218; makes embryol- 
ogy comparative, 220; and Pan- 
der, 218; period in embryology, 
214-226; portraits, 216, 217; his 
rank in embryology, 220; his es- 
pecial service, 217; sketches from 
his embryological treatise, 221 
Balfour, masterly work of, 226; his 
period in embryology, 226-232; 
personality, 228; portrait, 227; 
tragic fate, 228; university career, 
227 
Bary, H. A. de, 271; portrait, 272 
Bassi, and the germ-theory of dis- 
ease, 294 
Bell, Charles, discoveries on the ner- 
vous system, 183; portrait, 184 
Berengarius, 26 
Bernard, Claude, in physiology, 190; 
personality, 191; portrait, 191 
Biblia Nature of Swammerdam, 73 
Bichat, and the birth of histology, 
166-178; Buckle’s estimate of, 
166, 167; education, 167; in 
Paris, 167; personality, 168; phe- 
nomenal industry, 168; portrait, 
169; results of his work, 170; 
writings, 170; successes of, 170 
Binomial nomenclature of Linnzus,. 
126 
Biological facts, application of, 443 
Biological laboratories, establish- 
ment and maintenance of, 445; 
the station at Naples, 444; picture 
of, 445; the Woods Holl station, 
444 
Biological periodicals, 446 
Biological progress, continuity of, 
434; atmosphere engendered by, 
463 
