The Story of the Living Machine A Review of the Conclusions of Modern Biology in Regard to the Mechanism Which Controls the Phenomena of Living Activity

CHAPTER II.

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THE CELL AND PROTOPLASM.

Vital properties--The discovery of cells--The cell doctrine--The cell--The cellular structure of organisms--The cell wall--Protoplasm--The reign of protoplasm--The decline of the reign of protoplasm--The structure of protoplasm--The nucleus--Centrosome--Function of the nucleus--Cell division or karyokinesis--Fertilization of the egg--The significance of fertilization--What is protoplasm?--Reaction against the cell doctrine--Fundamental vital activities as located in cells--Summary 54