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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    Chemical Coinixninds of the Cell. a. Proteids. Ji. Carl)ohydrates. c. Fats. (/. Tile Inorganic Constituents oi Living Substance. e. The Distribution of Substance.s in Protoplasm and Nucleus. II. LiVINc; AND LiFKLESS SuBSTANCE A. Organisms and Inorganic Bodies. 1. Structural Differences. 2. Genetic Differences. 3. Physical Differences. 4. Chemical Differences. B. Living and Lifeless Oiganisms. 1. Life and Ap})arent Death. 2. Life and Death. CHAPTER III ELEMENTARY VITAL PHENOMENA I. The Phenomena of Metabolism 13 A. The Ingestion of Substances. 1. Food-stuffs. 2. The Mode of Food-Ingestion by tlie Cell. B. The Transformation of In- gested Sul)stances. 1. Extracellular and Intracellular Digestion. Ferments and their Mode of Acti<jn. 3. Assimilation and Dissimilation. ((. Assimilation, b. Dissimilation. C. The Out- })ut of Suljstances. 1. The Mode of Output of Substances by the Cell. 2. Secretions and Excretions, a. Secreticjns. Ex- cretions. II. The Phenomena of Form-Changes 17 A. Phylogenetic Development. 1. Heredity. 2. Adaptation. B. Ontogenetic Develo])ment. 1. Growth and Re])roduction. 2. Tlie Forms of Cell-division. <(. Direct Cell-division, b. In- direct Cell-divi.sion. 3. Fertilisation. 4. The Development of the Multicellular (.)rganism. III. The Phenomena of Transforji^tion of ENERxiv 20 WtT The Forms of Energy. feT The Introduction of Energy into the Organism. 1. The Introduction of Chemical Energy. 2. The Inti'oduction of Light and Heat. C. The Production of Energy })y the Organism. 1. The Production of Mechanical Energy- «. Passive MovemenTs; Movements l)y Swelling of the Cell- walls! ?.Movements l)y Chaiige of the Cell-turgor. d. Move- nients by Change of the Specific (Jravity of the Cell. e. Movements l)y Secretion. /. Movements by Growth. Movements by ContTJiction and Expansion. 2^ TTie Production of Liglit. 3. The Production of Heat. 4. The Production of Electricity. CHAPTER IV THE GENERAL CONDITIONS OF LIFE I. The Present Conditions of Life upon the Earth's Surface 27 A. The General External Conditions of Life. 1. Food. 2. Water. 3. Oxygen. 4. Temperature. 5. Pressure. B. The General Internal Conditions of Life. (Jl^The Orioin of Life upon the Earth 2a A. Theories concerning the Origin of Life upon the Earth. 1. The Doctrine of Spontaneous Generation. 2. The Theory of Cosniozoa.