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Fever, a general inflammation ... ... ... 247 



Inflammation, a local fever ... ... ... ... ... ... 247 



Destruction of structure . ... ... ... ... ... ... 247 



Action of tonics... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 248 



Acceleration or retardation of growth of bioplasm in disease ... 248 



Action of alcohol ... ... ... ... ... 249 



Properties of alcohol in hardening tissues ... 249 



Action of alkalies ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 250 



VII. OF THE CONNECTION BETWEEN NERVES, MUSCLES, AND 



OTHER TISSUES. 



Physical relations of the several tissues not known ... 251 



Structure of frog's skin... ... ... 252 



Vessels, nerves, and pigment cells ... ... ... ... ... 252 



Relation of tissues and their mutual adaptation ... ... ... 253 



Intertwining and interlacement of nerves ... ... ... ... 253 



Complex apparatus must have been designed beforehand 254 



Bladder of frog ... 254 



Arrangement of nerves... ... ... ... ... 254 



Bioplasts of dark-bordered nerve fibres and terminal networks ... 255 



Distribution of nerves to voluntary muscle ... 255 



Bioplasts of nerves, muscles, and vessels ... ... 256 



Papilla of frog's tongue . ... ... ... ... ... ... 256 



Sensitive nerve fibres of papilla of frog's tongue ... ... ... 257 



" Property " hypothesis accounts for nothing . ... 257 



PART III. SPECULATIVE. 



I. OF THE NATURE OF LIFE. 



What is to be understood by the term " life ?" 261 



Life of a man, of white blood corpuscle, &c. ... 262 



Life not a result of chemical change ... 263 



Views concerning living and dead tissue 263 



Of life and death 264 



Actions peculiar to living beings ... ... ... 264 



Phenomena not to be explained without vital hypothesis 265 



Purely vital phenomena . ... ... ... 266 



Formation, nutrition, growth, and movements 266 



Moving of particles from a centre ... ... 268 



Nature of nutrition ... ... ... 269 



Cause of vital movement ... ... ... ... 270 



Action of heat ... ... 270 



Attendant circumstances not causes ... ... 270 



Of the tendency to move ... ... ... 271 



Peculiar power of movement 271 



