Studies in general physiology. Part 2 / Jacques Loeb.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Loeb, Jacques, 1859-1924, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Phototropism.

Geotropism.

Regeneration (Biology).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xi, 358 pages) : illustrations

Place of Publication:

Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 1905.

Summary:

This volume of articles discusses topics such as the physiology of ions, fertilization, artificial parthenogenesis, organ regeneration, and other topics dealing with physiological processes in animals.

Contents:

The influence of light on the development of organs in animals

Has the central nervous system any influence upon the metamorphosis of larvæ?

On the theory of galvanotropism

The physiological effects of ions. I

On the physiological effects of electrical waves

The physiological problems of today

The physiological effects of ions. II

Why is regeneration of protoplasmic fragments without a nucleus difficult or impossible?

On the similarity between the absorption of water by muscles and by soaps

On ions which are capable of calling forth rhythmical contractions in skeletal muscle

On the nature of the process of fertilization and the artificial production of normal larvae (plutei) from the unfertilized eggs of the sea-urchin

On ion-proteid compounds and their role in the mechanics of life-phenomena.

The poisonous character of a pure NaCl solution

On the different effects of ions upon myogenic and neurogenic rhythmical contractions and upon embryonic and muscular tissue

On the artificial production of normal larvae from the unfertilized eggs of the sea-urchin (arbacia)

On artificial parthenogenesis in sea-urchins

On the transformation and regeneration of organs

Further experiments on artificial parthenogenesis and the nature of the process of fertilization

Experiments on artificial parthenogenesis in annelids (chaetopteras) and the nature of the process of fertilization

On an apparently new form of muscular irritability (contact-irritability?) produced by solutions of salts (preferably sodium salts) whose anions are liable to form insoluble calcium compounds

The toxic and the antitoxic effects of ions as a function of their valency and possibly their electrical charge

Maturation, natural death, and the prolongation of the life of unfertilized starfish eggs (asterias forbesii) and their significance for the theory of fertilization

On the production and suppression of muscular twitchings and hypersensitiveness of the skin by electrolytes

On the methods and sources of error in the experiments on artificial parthenogenesis.

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