
INAUGURAL ADDRESS. 37 
Protoplasm. . . = The ideal living matter. 
Necroplasm . . = The mass of proteids, fats and salts, 
into which the above is resolved on 
rapid death. 
Protoplast . 
Protoplasm-mass. tA 
seteeuhie = The anatomical unit of living matter. 
plas 
Plastid . 
Protoplasmic . . = Appertaining to protoplasm: synony- 
mous with organised, and with vital 
actions both plastic and metabolic ; 
and as contradistinguished from 
ordinary chemical and_ physical 
actions. 
Organisation . . == The process by which a being com- 
posed of protoplasm with or without 
visible structure is formed. 
Organism . . . = The composition and structure of a 
being thus formed. 
Vitality. . . . = The property which characterises pro- 
toplasm of being acted on by certain 
powers otherwise than mechanically 
or chemically in the restricted sense 
of these words. 
Life . . . . . = THe interaction of protoplasm with 
the environment. 
