1. Blood and hemoglobin: The evolution of knowledge of functional adaptation in a biochemical system

   • John T. Edsall

   OriginalPaper Pages: 205 - 257

2. Buffon and the concept of species

   • Paul L. Farber

   OriginalPaper Pages: 259 - 284

3. The spontaneous generation controversy (1859–1880): British and German reactions to the problem of abiogenesis

   • John Farley

   OriginalPaper Pages: 285 - 319

4. Instinct theory and the German reaction to Weismannism

   • John C. Burnham

   OriginalPaper Pages: 321 - 326

5. The reception of Eduard Buchner's discovery of cell-free fermentation

   • Robert E. Kohler

   OriginalPaper Pages: 327 - 353

6. Models for cardiac structure and function in Aristotle

   • James Rochester Shaw

   OriginalPaper Pages: 355 - 388

7. Francis Galton's contribution to genetics

   • Ruth Schwartz Cowan

   OriginalPaper Pages: 389 - 412

8. The inspiration of Lamarck's belief in evolution

   • Richard W. Burkhardt Jr.

   OriginalPaper Pages: 413 - 438

9. The J.H.B. bookshelf

   • Diana Long Hall
   • Judith P. Swazey

   BookReview Pages: 439 - 444