The Kingdom of ManLankester, E. Ray (Edwin Ray), Sir
History
The Kingdom of Man
Lankester, E. Ray (Edwin Ray), Sir
African trypanosomiasis; Human beings; Science -- History
FIG. 15.--Sense-organ of _Limnocodium_ 97
FIG. 16.--The Freshwater Jelly-fish of Lake Tanganyika 98
FIG. 17.--Sir Harry Johnston’s specimen of the Okapi 99
FIG. 18.--Bandoliers cut from the striped skin of the Okapi 99
FIG. 19.--Skull of the horned male of the Okapi 100
FIG. 20.--The metamorphosis of the young of the common Eel 101
FIG. 21.--A unicellular parasite of the common Octopus,
producing spermatozoa 102
FIG. 22.--The _Coccidium_, a microscopic parasite of
the Rabbit, producing spermatozoa 102
FIG. 23.--Spermatozoa of a unicellular parasite inhabiting
a Centipede 103
FIG. 24.--The motile fertilizing elements (antherozoids or
spermatozoa) of a peculiar cone-bearing tree, the
_Cycas revoluta_ 104
FIG. 25.--The gigantic extinct Reptile, _Triceratops_ 106
FIG. 26.--A large carnivorous Reptile from the Triassic
rocks of North Russia 107
FIG. 27.--The curious fish _Drepanaspis_, from the
Old Red Sandstone of Germany 107
FIG. 28.--The oldest Fossil Fish known 108
FIG. 29.--The skull and lower jaw of the ancestral Elephant,
_Palæomastodon_, from Egypt 109
FIG. 30.--The latest discovered skull of _Palæomastodon_ 110
FIG. 31.--Skulls of _Meritherium_, an Elephant ancestor,
from the Upper Eocene of Egypt 111
FIG. 32.--The nodules on the roots of bean-plants and the
nitrogen-fixing microbe, _Bacillus radicola_,
which produces them 114
FIG. 33.--The continuity of the protoplasm of vegetable
cells 116
FIG. 34.--Diagram of the structures present in a typical
organic ‘cell’ 117
FIG. 35.--The Number of the Chromosomes 119
FIG. 36.--The Number of the Chromosomes 120
FIGS. 37 to 42.--Phagocytes engulphing disease germs--drawn
by Metschnikoff 136-7
FIG. 43.--A Phagocyte containing three Spirilla, the germs
of relapsing fever, which it has engulphed 137
FIG. 44.--The life-history of the Malaria Parasite 142
FIG. 45.--The first blood-cell parasite described, the
_Lankesterella_ of Frog’s blood 144
FIG. 46.--Various kinds of Trypanosomes 145
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