The Organism as a Whole, from a Physicochemical Viewpoint
The Project Gutenberg eBook, The Organism as a Whole, by Jacques Loeb
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From a Physicochemical Viewpoint
By
Jacques Loeb, M.D., Ph.D., Sc.D.
Member of the Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research
With 51 Illustrations
G. P. Putnam’s Sons New York and London
Copyright, 1916 by JACQUES LOEB
To THE MEMORY OF DENIS DIDEROT Of the Encyclopédie and the Système de la nature
“He was one of those simple, disinterested, and intellectually sterling workers to whom their own personality is as nothing in the presence of the vast subjects that engage the thoughts of their lives.” John Morley. (Article Diderot, Encyclopædia Britannica .)
Jacques Loeb
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The Organism as a Whole
PREFACE
CONTENTS
The Organism as a Whole
CHAPTER I
INTRODUCTORY REMARKS
CHAPTER II
THE SPECIFIC DIFFERENCE BETWEEN LIVING AND DEAD MATTER AND THE QUESTION OF THE ORIGIN OF LIFE
CHAPTER III
THE CHEMICAL BASIS OF GENUS AND SPECIES
CHAPTER IV
SPECIFICITY IN FERTILIZATION
CHAPTER V
ARTIFICIAL PARTHENOGENESIS
CHAPTER VI
DETERMINISM IN THE FORMATION OF AN ORGANISM FROM AN EGG
CHAPTER VII
REGENERATION
CHAPTER VIII
DETERMINATION OF SEX, SECONDARY SEXUAL CHARACTERS, AND SEXUAL INSTINCTS
CHAPTER IX
CHAPTER X
CHAPTER XI
THE INFLUENCE OF ENVIRONMENT
CHAPTER XII
ADAPTATION TO ENVIRONMENT
CHAPTER XIII
EVOLUTION
CHAPTER XIV
DEATH AND DISSOLUTION OF THE ORGANISM
INDEX
Putnam’s Science Series
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