CONTENTS. 

 PART I. 



MUSCLE AND NERVE. CIRCULATION. RESPIRATION. 



ANIMAL HEAT. CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM 



AND SPECIAL SENSES. 



By A. P. BEDDARD, J. S. EDKINS, L. HILL, and M. S. PEMBREY. 



CHAP. PAGE 



Introduction, - 1 



I. Electrical Apparatus for Physiological Experiments. By 



A. P. B., 2 



II. The Graphic Method. Maximal and Minimal Stimuli. Uni- 

 polar Excitation. By A. P. B., - - - - - - 14 



III. A Single Contraction of a Gastrocuemius Muscle. By 



A. P. B., - 22 



IV. The Conditions which affect Single Muscular Contractions. 



By A. P. B., - .... 29 



V. The Conditions which affect Single Muscular Contractions 



(continued). By A. P. B., - - - 32 



VI. The Conditions which affect Single Muscular Contractions 



(continued). By A. P. B., - - - - - - 35 



VII. Two Successive Stimuli. Genesis of Tetanus. Tetanus. By 



A. P. B., - - 40 



VIII. The Properties of Nerve, Minimal and Maximal Stimuli. 



By M. S. P., - 44 



IX. The Relation between Muscle and Nerve. By M. S. P., - 48 



X. The Effect of a Constant Current upon Muscle and Nerve. 



By M. S. P., - - 50 



XL The Electromotive Properties of Muscle and Nerve. By 



M. S. P., - 51 



XII. Extensibility and Elasticity of Muscle when at Rest and 



Contracted. Comparison with Rubber (Advanced). By 

 A. P. B., - - - - - - - - - - - 53, 



