CONTENTS 



CHAPTER p^^.^ 



I. Introduction— General Ciuractkristics of Lin- 

 ing Matter j 



II. The Cellular Organization of Living ^L\ttkr . 14 



III. General Characters of Living Organisms 25 



IV. General Peculiarities of Protoplasm as a Piiysi« 



CAL System 48 



V. Physical Nature of Protoplasaiic Structure: Imt 



PORTANCE OF SURFACE CONT)ITIONS 66 



\1. Protoplasmic Structure {Continued): Perme.-v- 



BILITY AND OtHER PROPERTIES OF PROTOPLASMIC 



Membranes 98 



\'IL General Contritions Determining the Properties 



OF Protoplasmic Membranes 1,^2 



MIL REL.A.T10N OF the Inorganic Salts of the Mediu.m 



TO the Physiological Processes in Protoplasm 151 



IX. General Physiological Action of Lipoid-Altp:r- 



ant and Surface-Active Substances . ' "^ 7 



X. Catalysis in Relation to the Chemical Pro- 

 cesses in Living Matter j 1 7 



XL Electrical and Other Factors in the Catalytic 



Action of Protoplasm - ;5 



XII. Stimulation and Transmission of Excitation in* 



Protoplasm -^59 



XIII. Bioelectric Phenomena 200 



XIV. Membrane Changes during Stimulation ; ^7 



XV. The Physico-Chemical Basis of Transmission in 



Nerve and Other Protoplasmic Systems s:\) 



Index 4" 



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