104 GENERAL ANALYSIS. 



in sympathetic action ; and the Organic system, to dis- 

 tinguish it from those nervous parts directly under the 

 influence of the mind, which are called the Nervous sys- 

 tem of Animal life. 



375. IT is ALSO THOUGHT that this same system su- 

 perintends the activities of all the organs of the Blood- 

 making class. 



376. IN THIS WORK, THE CONTROLLING GANGLIA AND 



NERVES WILL BE CALLED the N. (nervous) Circulatory Or- 

 gans, as being concerned and having their chief duty to 

 regulate the circulation of blood, and will in the tables 

 be placed next to the Mental Organs, as being connected 

 with them, and the connecting link between them and 

 the Sanguificatory Organs. 



N. CIRCULATORY ORGANS 



SECTION VII. 



Respiratory Organs. 



377. THE ANCIENTS FABLED that there were three su- 

 preme gods, the trinity of Pluto, Neptune, and Jupiter, 

 and their dwelling-places were respectively the earth, 

 the sea, and the air, over which they presided, Jupiter 

 being the most powerful and the supreme. Thus did 

 they represent the solid, fluid, and gaseous elements of 

 nature, and their relative importance. And, as nature 

 exhibits herself under the three forms of matter, so does 

 the body in this respect represent nature, the blood being 

 composed of the three forms ; so do we also add to the 

 blood, matter under the three forms of food, drink, and 

 air, while also the eliminations take place in the same 

 three forms : here also Jupiter is supreme, for the de- 

 mands for air are more imperative than those for water 

 or food. The last can be " stocked " in the blood in ad- 



375. What ? 876. What ? Write table. Write both circulatory tables to- 

 gether ; se8 par. 870. 877. What did - ? 



