A TEXT-BOOK OF PHYSIOLOGY. 



By MICHAEL FOSTER, 



M.A., M.D., LL.D., F.R.S., 



Professor of Physiology in the University of Cambridge, and Fellow 

 of Trinity College, Cambridge. 



8vo. With Illustrations. Sixth Edition. Largely Revised. 



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Part IV. The Central Nervous System (concluded) ; The Tissues and 

 Mechanisms of Reproduction. $2.00. 



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" The present edition is more than largely revised. Much of it is re -written, and it is brought 

 quite abreast with the latest wave of progress of physiological science. A chief merit of this work is 

 its judicial temper, a strict sifting of fact from fiction, the discouragement of conclusions based on 

 inadequate data, and small liking shown toward fanciful though fascinating hypotheses, and the 

 avowal that to many questions, and some of foremost interest and moment, no satisfying answers can 

 yet be given." — New England Medical Journal. 



" It is in all respects an ideal text-book. It is only the physiologist, who has devoted time to the 

 study of some branch of the great science, who can read between the lines of this wonderfully general- 

 ized account, and can see upon what an intimate and extensive knowledge these generalizations are 

 founded. It is only the teacher who can appreciate the judicial balancing of evidence and the power 

 of presenting the conclusions in such clear and lucid forms. But by every one the rare modesty of the 

 author in keeping the element of self so entirely in the background must be appreciated. Reviewing 

 this volume as a whole, we are justified in saying that it is the only thoroughly good text-book of 

 physiology in the English language, and that it is probably the best text-book in any language." — 

 Edinburgh Medical Journal. 



" From its first issue as a single octavo volume of moderate size, in 1876, it has so grown that 

 each of the five Parts is, in this sixth edition, nearly as large as the entire original work. From the 

 beginning it was regarded as a masterpiece, and at once took a prominent place among text-books of 

 physiology. . . . If one seeks for the reason of the high estimate in which this work is held on both 

 sides of the Atlantic, by the most advanced students as well as by general readers, it may be found in 

 the beauty and simplicity of the style, in the lack of personal prejudice on the part of the author, in 

 his thorough familiarity with the progress of physiological knowledge, and in the rare judgment with 

 which purely hypothetical ideas and those founded on sufficient evidence are discriminated. The 

 work is therefore a most admirable guide to physiological progress as well as general physiological 

 knowledge." — The Nation. 



FOSTER'S TEXT-BOOK OF PHYSIOLOGY. 



IN ONE VOLUME. 8vo. Cloth, $5.00. Sheep, $6.00. 



Abridged and revised from the Sixth Edition of the Author's 

 larger Work published in five octavo volumes. 



This new Edition contains all the Illustrations included in the larger work, and is published in 

 one octavo volume of about 1400 pages. It contains all of the author's more important additions to 

 the complete work, and is like the sixth edition of that copyrighted in this country. 



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PHYSIOLOGY FOR BEGINNERS. 



New Edition, with an Additional Chapter on Alcohol and Food. 

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