Note 7 — Chapter II

I think it is to be regretted that for this other kind of idio-plasm (i.e., idio-plasm-B) Weismann has not coined some distinctive name, or some distinctive prefix, such as that which he sometimes employs when speaking of the other kind (i.e., idio-plasm-A)—viz., “somatic-idioplasm.” Also, the interchangeable manner in which he uses his term “idio-plasm” with the term “ nucleo-plasm,” is somewhat confusing (e.g., pp. 217, 219, 220, 250, 251, &c.). I may add that the word “plasm” in all its combinations appears to me an unfortunate one, since it seems to betoken a substance that can be seen, instead of merely inferred. But, be this as it may, the following table of terms employed may be useful for ready reference:—