Concept definition
the colloidal state, an intermediary between the mineraI and organic, allowing cells to keep their properties in a common medium, optical, physical and chemical refinement allowed the observation to be made that the entire human body, except for the integument, consists ofinfinitely small particles which were constantly moving and electrically charged, maintained in suspension, and aIl forming the "colloidal state". The essential characteristics ofthis "colloidal state" is that the perpetuaI movement ofthese unicellular particles (an agglomerate of similar molecules of 0.001 to 0.3 lm, called micelles).