CONTENTS. Xlll 



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G. Of Sleep and its Allied States, 708 



Dreaming, 716 



Somnambulism, Spontaneous and Induced, .... . 718 



Hypnotism, 719 



CHAPTER XIV. 



OF SENSATION AND THE ORGANS OF THE SENSKS. 



1. Of Sensation in General, 721 



2. Sense of Touch, 724 



3. Sense of Taste, 733 



4. Sense of Smell, .... 740 



5. Sense of Vision, ............ 744 



6. Sense of Hearing, 779 



CHAPTER XV. 



ON THE STRUCTURE AND FUNCTIONS OF MUSCULAR TISSUE. 



1. Structure of Muscular Tissue, 799 



2. Development of Muscular Tissue, ......... 808 



3. Nutrition of Muscular Tissue, 809 



4. Phenomena accompanying Contraction, ....... 813 



5. Electrical Kelations of Muscle, ......... 813 



6. Mechanism of Muscular Contraction, ........ 814 



7. Pvigor Mortis, .... 827 



8. Voluntary and Involuntary Movements, ....... 828 



9. Symmetry and Harmony of Muscular Movements, ... . 830 



Movements of Locomotion, . . . . . . . . . 831 



Movements of the Eye; Strabismus, ....... 834 



10. Energy and Rapidity of Muscular Contraction, ...... 838 



Absolute Force of Muscle, 839 



CHAPTER XVI. 



OF THE VOICE AND SPEECH. 



1. Of the Larynx and its Actions, . . . . . . . . . 844 



2. Of Articulate Sounds, 856 



Stammering, 856 



CHAPTER XVII. 



OF THE INFLUENCE OF THE NERVOUS SYSTEM ON THE ORGANIC FUNCTIONS. 



1. Sympathetic Nervous System ; its Structure and Relations, . . . 862 



2. Influence of Nervous Agency and of Mental States on Contractions of Or- 



ganic Muscles, ............ 870 



3. Influence of Nervous Agency and of Mental States on Nutrition and Secre- 



tion, .............. 875 



