CONTENTS OF THE FIRST VOLUME. 



IX 



Connection of the Fibrous with the Vesi- 

 cular Matter, 215 

 NERVES, 215 

 Cerebro-spinal, 215 

 Neurilemma, blood-vessels, 216 

 Origin, branching, 217 

 Anastomosis, 218 

 Plexuses, 220 

 Termination of the nerves, 221 



Oanglionic Nerves, 222 ; their unioii 



with the spinal, 222 

 NERVOUS CENTRES, 224 

 Coverings, 224 

 Minute structure, 224 

 Nerves and Nervous Centres of Invertc- 



brata, 226 



Development of nerve fibres, 227 

 Regeneration of nervous matter, 228 



POLARITY OP NERVES, 230 



Endowments of Nerve-fibres, motor, sen- 

 sitive and excitor, 231 



Common and special sensation, 233 



Subjective phenomena, 233 



Stimuli of Nerves, mental and physical, 

 234 



CHAPTER IX. 



INNERVATION, CONTINUED. 



Nerves not passive conductors, 235 



The nervous force, 236 



Nervous and electrical forces com- 

 pared, 237 



The nervous force not electricity, 243 



Animal Electricity and Luminousness, 

 245 



CHAPTER X. 



INNERVATION, 



NERVOUS SYSTEM in vertebrata, 246 ; 



in invertebrata, 247 

 MENINGES ; Dura Mater, its processes, 



242 ; arteries and sinuses, 250 

 The arachnoid, and sub-arachnoid ca- 

 vity, 252 



Cerebro-spinal fluid, 253, 

 Pia Mater, 254 

 Ligamentum dentatum, 255 

 Pacchionian glands, 255 

 Anatomy of the SPINAL CORD, 255 

 Arrangement of gray and white matter, 



257 



Minute anatomy of the cord, 258 

 Four classes of fibres, 260 

 Of the ENCEPHALON, 260 

 Sub-divisions, 260 

 Weight of the Brain in animals and 



man, 261 

 Connexion of the Mind with the Brain, 



262 



Medulla Oblongata, 263 

 Anterior pyramids, 264 

 Arciform fibres, 265 

 Decussation of the anterior pyramids, 



265 



CONTINUED. 



Restiform bodies, 266 



Posterior pyramids, 266 



Olivary bodies, 266 



Stilling and Wallach's researches on 

 the med. oblong., 268 



Cerebellum, 269 



Hemispheres, median lobe and vermi- 

 form processes, 269 



Crura cerebelli, 271 



Intimate structure, 272 



Fourth ventricle, 273 



Mesocephale, 273 



Pons Varolii, 274 



Quadrigeminal bodies, 274 



Processus cerebelli ad cerebrum, 275 



Cerebrum, 275 



Optic thalamus and corpus striatum, 

 276 



Pineal gland, 278 



Middle and posterior commissures, 278 



Cerebral hemispheres, 279 



Convolutions, 279 



Regular convolutions, observations of 

 Leuret, 280 



Varieties of the convolutions, 282 ; 

 their structure, 283 



