Life and death
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1. Front matter2. PREFACE.3. BOOK I. THE FRONTIERS OF SCIENCE—GENERAL THEORIES OF LIFE AND DEATH—THEIR SUCCESSIVE TRANSFORMATIONS.4. CHAPTER I. EARLY THEORIES.5. CHAPTER II. ANIMISM.6. CHAPTER III. VITALISM.7. CHAPTER IV. THE MONISTIC THEORY.8. CHAPTER V. THE EMANCIPATION OF SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH FROM THE YOKE OF PHILOSOPHICAL THEORIES.9. BOOK II. THE DOCTRINE OF ENERGY AND THE LIVING WORLD.10. CHAPTER I. ENERGY IN GENERAL.11. CHAPTER II. ENERGY IN BIOLOGY.12. CHAPTER III. ALIMENTARY ENERGETICS.13. BOOK III.14. CHAPTER I. THE DOCTRINE OF VITAL UNITY.15. CHAPTER II. MORPHOLOGICAL UNITY OF LIVING BEINGS.16. CHAPTER III. THE CHEMICAL UNITY OF LIVING BEINGS.17. CHAPTER IV. THE TWOFOLD CONDITIONING OF VITAL PHENOMENA. IRRITABILITY.18. CHAPTER V. THE SPECIFIC FORM. ITS ACQUISITION. ITS REPARATION.19. CHAPTER VI. NUTRITION.20. BOOK IV. THE LIFE OF MATTER.21. CHAPTER I. UNIVERSAL LIFE. OPINIONS OF PHILOSOPHERS AND POETS.22. CHAPTER II. ORIGIN OF BRUTE MATTER IN LIVING MATTER.23. CHAPTER III. ORGANIZATION AND CHEMICAL COMPOSITION OF LIVING AND BRUTE MATTER.24. CHAPTER IV. EVOLUTION AND MUTABILITY OF LIVING MATTER AND BRUTE MATTER.25. CHAPTER V. Specific Form. Living Bodies and Crystals.26. CHAPTER VI. NUTRITION IN THE LIVING BEING AND IN THE CRYSTAL.27. CHAPTER VII. GENERATION IN BRUTE BODIES AND LIVING BODIES. SPONTANEOUS GENERATION.28. BOOK V. SENESCENCE AND DEATH.29. CHAPTER I. VARIOUS WAYS OF REGARDING DEATH.30. CHAPTER II. THE PROCESS OF DEATH.31. CHAPTER III. PHYSICAL AND CHEMICAL CHARACTERS OF CELLULAR DEATH. NECROBIOSIS. GROWING OLD.32. CHAPTER IV. THE APPARENT PERENNITY OF COMPLEX INDIVIDUALS.33. CHAPTER V. THE IMMORTALITY OF THE PROTOZOA.34. CHAPTER VI. LETHALITY OF THE METAZOA AND OF DIFFERENTIATED CELLS.35. CHAPTER VII. MAN. THE INSTINCT OF LIFE AND THE INSTINCT OF DEATH.36. INDEX OF SUBJECTS.