Excerpt from Physiology and Histology of the Cubomedusæ: Including Dr. F. S. Conants Notes on the Physiology, a Dissertation Presented to the Board of University Studies of the Jones Hopkins University for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy
This paper may be regarded as a continuation of the Cubomedusan studies pursued by Dr. F. S. Conant while in Jamaica, in 1896 and 1897, with the Johns Hopkins Marine Laboratory. His systematic and anatomical results have since been published as his Dissertation (the Cubomedusae) by this University. Conant described this paper as Part I, hoping soon to add a second part on the physiology and the embryology, for which he had some notes and material at hand. Returning, however, to Jamaica with the laboratory, in 1897, he continued his physiological experiments, and preserved material for histological purposes. Upon the untimely death of Conant, his material and notes were placed in my hands by Professor Brooks, to whom I here take the opportunity of expressing my appreciation and sincere thanks for the honor thus conferred and for the many favors received.
In this paper I shall note at some length Conant's physiological results and append his notes. I shall also add my results on the histology of the eyes and the sensory clubs in general, with some few facts on the histology of the tentacles. The embryology will be reserved for a future paper.
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