BOOK I.
The Frontiers of Science. General Theories of
Life and Death. Their Successive Transformations.
CHAP. PAGE
I. Early Theories 1
II. Animism 5
III. Vitalism 15
IV. The Monistic Theory 34
V. The Emancipation of Scientific Research from
the Yoke of Philosophical Doctrine 42
BOOK II.
The Doctrine of Energy and the Living World.
General Ideas of Life. Alimentary Life.
I. Energy in General 57
II. Energy in Biology 97
III. Alimentary Energetics 116
BOOK III.
The Characters Common to Living Beings.
I. Doctrine of Vital Unity 146
II. Morphological Unity of Living Beings 157
III. Chemical Unity of Living Beings 173
IV. Twofold Conditions of Vital Phenomena.
Irritability 188
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