CONTENTS 



Introduction . . . . . 



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Chapter I. 

 The Common Frog — External Features ; Muscles ; Skeleton . 16-37 



Chapter II. 

 The Frog (continued) — Internal Anatomy ; Ccelom ; Lymph ; 

 Gut ; Lungs ; Spleen ; Kidneys ; Reproductive Organs ; 

 Heart ; Arteries ; Veins ; Capillaries ; Circulation of Blood ; 

 Nervous System ; Spinal Cord ; Brain ; Cranial and Spinal 

 Nerves ; Sympathetic System ; Organs of Special Sense . 38-72 



Chapter III. 



Histology ; Blood ; Protoplasm and Cells ; Structure of Cell ; 

 Epithelia ; Nerve Cells and Fibres ; Muscular Tissue ; Con- 

 nective Tissue ; Cartilage ; Bone ; Adipose Tissue ; the Cell 

 Theory ; Mitosis ; Maturation of Ovum ; Spermatogenesis ; 

 Fertilisation ; Segmentation of Ovum ; Early stages of 

 Development ...... 73-125 



Chapter IV. 



The Rhizopoda, Amoeba proteus; Structure of Amoeba; Structure 

 of Protoplasm ; Reproduction of Amoeba ; Groups of Rhizo- 

 poda; Formation of Chalk ..... 126-137 



Chapter V. 



The Sun-Animalcule, Actinosphserium Eichornii ; Structure of 



Actinosphierium ; Reproduction; Mitosis; Encystment . 138-146 



Chapter VI. 



The Mycetozoa, Badhamia utricularis ; Plasmodium; Sclerotium; 

 Spore Formation ; Flagellulse ; Amoebute ; Affinities to 

 Plants ....... 147-153 



Chapter VII. 



Monocystis agilis and Monocystis magna ; Structure ; Conjuga- 

 tion ; Sporoblasts, Pseudonavicellae and Sporozoites ; 

 Parasitism . . . . • • -154-159 



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