Human physiology / by Luigi Luciani ; translated by Frances A. Welby ; with a preface by J. N. Langley.

  • Luciani, Luigi, 1840-1919.
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1911-1921
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Credit: Human physiology / by Luigi Luciani ; translated by Frances A. Welby ; with a preface by J. N. Langley. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    CONTENTS INTRODUCTION . . • • • • 1. Threefold division of biological science. 2. Special objects of physiology. 3. Materialism, neo-vitalism, Ostwald's energetic monism, Mach's psychical monism, pragmatic pluralism. 4. Physiology of the cell; general and comparative physiology ; human physiology. Bibliography. CHAPTEE I Living Matter : its Chemical and Physical Basis 1. The cell-theory. 2. Morphology of the cell. 3. Structure of •protoplasm. 4. Structure of nucleus. 5. Chemical elements of the cell. 6. Protein basis of living matter. 7. Classification of proteins. 8. Chemical constitution of proteins; 9. Enzymes or ferments. 10. Clas.sificatiou. 11. Other nitrogenous organic substances, fats, carbo- hydrates or saccharides, inorganic substances. 12. Cliemical structure of living matter. Bibliography. CHAPTER II Living Matter : its Fundamental Properties . 1. Vital metabolism, and phenomena of nutrition and i-epro- duction. 2. Vital metabolism and phenomena of e.xcitability and sensibility. 3. Laws of stability and variability of living species. Critical examination of Theory of Evolution; Darwinism, and Neo- Laniarckism. 4. Evolutionary theories of Niigeli, Wcismann, De Vries. 5. Distinctive characters of plants and animals: («) Doctrine of Linnaeus ; (i) doctrine of Cuvier; (c) doctrine of J. R. Mayer, Dumas, Liebig. 6. Dilferent forms of plant and animal metabolism : {a) Nitri- fying bacteria ; (&) green plants ; (c) a-clilorophyllous plants ; {d) herbivorous and carnivorous plants. Bibliography.