General physiology : an outline of the science of life / by Max Verworn, tr. from the 2d German ed. and edited by Frederic S. Lee. With two hundred and eighty-five illustrations.

  • Max Verworn
Date:
1899
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Credit: General physiology : an outline of the science of life / by Max Verworn, tr. from the 2d German ed. and edited by Frederic S. Lee. With two hundred and eighty-five illustrations. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    CONTENTS PAOF. CHAPTER I THE AIMS AND METHODS OF PHYSIOLOGICAL RESEARCH I. The Problem of Physiology 2 IT. The History of Physiological Research 6 A. The Earliest Times. B. The Period of Galen. C. The Period of Harvey. D. The Period of Haller. E. The Period of Johannes Miiller TIL The Method of Physiological Research 28 A. The Past Achievements of Physiological Research. B. The Relation of P.sychology to Physiology. 1. The Question of the Limits of a Knowledge of Natvu-e. 2. Physical World and Mind. P.sycho-monism. C. Vitalism. D. Cell-Physiology CHAPTER II LIVING SUJ5STANCE T. The Composition of Living Substance A. The Individiialisation of Living Substance. 1. The Cell as an Elementary Organism. 2. General and Special Cell-consti- tuents. 3. Multinucleate Cells and Syncytia. B. The Morplio- logical Nature of Living Substance. 1. The Form and Size of the Cell. 2. Protoplasm. <i. The Solid Constituents of Proto- plasm, h. Tlie Ground-su])stance of Protoplasm. 3. The Cell- Nucleus. <(. The Form of the Nucleus, b. The Sul)stance of the Nucleus, r. The Structure of the Nucleus. C. The Physical Properties of Living Substance. 1. The Consistency of Living Substance. 2. The Specific Gravity of Living Substance. 3. The Optical Properties of Living Substance. D. The Cliemical Pro-