CONTENTS OF THE FIRST VOLUME. 



INTRODUCTION. 



Remarks on the method of study, 1 



Organized and unorganized bodies, 4 



Active and dormant life, 4 



Chemical constitution of unorganized bo- 

 dies, 5 



Ditto of organized bodies, 6 



Their essential and incidental elements, 6 



Proximate principles, 6 



Secondary organic compounds, 7 



Complex structure of organized bodies, 9 



Primary organic cell, 9 



Form, duration, and mode of origin of 

 organized bodies, 10 



Spontaneous generation, 10 



Reproduction, 11 



Assimilation, 11 



Excretion, 12 



Decomposition, 12 



LIFE, 13 



Vital stimuli, 14 



Vital properties, 14 



Death, 15 



Theories of Life, of Aristotle, of Harvey, 

 and of Hunter, 16 



Of Miiller, of Dr. Prout, 17. 



Functions of Animals and Plants, 22 



Organic, 22 



Animal, 25 



Volition, 25 



Sensation, 25 



The MIND, 26 



Instinct, 27 



Importance of physiology to medicine, 28 



Mode of conducting Physiological In- 

 quiries, 30 



Value of anatomy, human and compa- 

 rative, 30 ; of experiment on living 

 animals, 31 ; of pathology, 31 ; of the 

 microscope, 31 ; of organic chemistry, 

 32 



CHAPTER I. 



OF THE CONSTITUENTS OF ANIMAL BODIES. THE TISSUES AND THEIR PROPERTIES. 



Fluid and Solid constituents of animal 



bodies, 34 

 Table of proximate principles, and of 



secondary organic compounds, 35 

 Proximate Principles, 35 

 Albumen, 35 

 Fibrine, 37 

 Caseine, 38 

 Proteine, 39 

 Vegetable albumen, fibrine, and caseine, 



40 



Gelatine, 41 

 Chondrine, 42 



Fatty principles, 43 

 Importance of a mixed diet, 43 

 Secondary Organic Compounds, 45 

 Classification and Properties of the Tis- 

 sues, 45 



Development of the tissues from cells, 48 

 The ovum a nucleated cell, 48 

 The nucleus and cell-wall, probably 



both share in development, 49 

 Properties of the Tissues, 51 

 Physical, 52 



Elasticity, extensibility, porosity, 52 

 Endosmose, 53 



