Investigations representing the departments
Subtitle: zoölogy, anatomy, physiology, neurology, botany, pathology, bacteriology ...
Series: Chicago. University. The decennial publications. First series,; vol. X
Publisher: The University of Chicago Press
Published: 1903
Place of publication: Chicago
Language: eng
Number of pages: 396
Subjects: Zoology.; Botany.; Pathology.; Bacteriology.
Notes: Contains bibliographies.
--A contribution to the physical analysis of the phenomena of absorption of liquids by animal tissues, by R.W. Webster.--The distribution of blood-vessels in the labyrinth of the ear of Sus scrofa domesticus, by G.E. Shambaugh.--The animal ecology of the Cold Spring sand spit, with remarks on the theory of adaptation, by C.B. Davenport.--The finer structure of the neurones in the nervous system of the white rat, by Shinkishi Hatai.--The phylogeny of angiosperms, by J.M. Coulter.--Studies in fat necrosis, by H.G. Wells.--Oogenesis in Saprolegnia, by B.M. Davis.--The early development of Lepidosteus osseus, by A.C. Eycleshymer.--The structure of the glands of Brunner, by R.R. Bensley.--Mitosis in Pellia, by C.J. Chamberlain.--A description of the brains and spinal cords of two brothers dead of hereditary ataxia (Cases XVIII and XX of the series in the family described by Dr. Sanger Brown) by L.T. Barker.
Table of contents: title: On the production and suppression of muscular twitchings and hypersensitiveness of the skin by electrolytes, by J. Loeb.; title: On a formula for determining the weight of the central nervous system of the frog from the weight and length of its entire body, by H.H Donaldson.; title: The development of the colors and color patterns of Coleoptera, with observations upon the development of color in other orders of insects, by W.L. Tower.; title: The artificial production of spores in Monas by a reduction of the temperature, by A.W. Greeley.; title: The self-purification of streams, by E.O. Jordan.; title: The lecithans: their function in the life of the cell, by W. Koch.