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3. Effects of Respiration on the Blood 586 



Exhalation and Absorption by the Lungs 589 



4. Effects of Suspension of the Respiratory Process 591 



CHAPTER XIV. 



OF NUTRITION. 



1. General Considerations. Selective Power of Individual Parts - 593 



2. Varying Activity of the Nutritive Processes - 596 



Reparative Operations 599 



3. Abnormal Forms of the Nutritive Process 604 



4. Varying Duration of Different Parts of the Organism 609 



5. Of Death, or Cessation of Nutrition 612 



CHAPTER XV. 



OF SECRETION. 



1. Of Secretion in General 614 



2. The Liver. Secretion of Bile 618 



3. The Kidneys. Secretion of Urine 632 



4. Mammary Gland. Secretion of Milk 647 



5. Salivary Glands and Pancreas - 655 



6. Lachrymal Gland 657 

 V. The Testis. Spermatic Fluid 657 

 8. Cutaneous and Mucous Follicles 661 



CHAPTER XVI. 



GENERAL REVIEW OF THE NUTRITIVE PROCESSES. ANIMAL HEAT. 



1. Review of the Nutritive Processes, with Practical Applications 671 



2. Animal Heat 676 



CHAPTER XVII. 



OF REPRODUCTION. 



1. General Character of the Function 687 



2. Action of the Male 689 



3. Action of the Female - 692 



4. Development of the. Embryo - 713 



APPENDIX. 



1. ON PHRENOLOGY - 731 



II. ON ARTIFICIAL SOMNAMBULISM AND MESMERISM 733 



