CONTENTS. 



SECT. PAGE 



I. Of the Living Human Body in general 1 



II. Of the Fluids in general, and particularly of the 



Blood 3 



III. Of the Solids in general, and of the Mucous Web 



in particular 13 



IV. Of the Vital Powers in general, and particularly 



of Contractility 17 



V. Of the Mental Faculties 30 



VI. Of Health and Human Nature 35 



VII. Of the Motion of the Blood 60 



VIII. Of Respiration and its principal Use -84 



IX. Of the Voice and Speech 99 



X. Of Animal Heat 109 



XI. Of Perspiration - 118 



XII. Of the Functions of the Nervous System in general ISO 



XIII. Of the external Senses in general, and of Touch in 



particular - 152 



XIV. Of Taste - 155 

 XV. Of Smell - 158 



XVI. Of Hearing - 163 



XVII. Of Sight . 168 



XVIII. Of the Voluntary Motions - 182 



XIX. Of Muscular Motion - 187 



XX. Of Sleep 198 



XXI. Of Food and Hunger 205 



XXII. Of Mastication and Deglutition - 219 



XXIII. Of Digestion 225 



XXIV: Of the Pancreatic Juice - - 233 



XXV. Of the Bile 235 



XXVI. Of the Function of the Spleen - - 243 



