CONTENTS. 



PREFACE ... p. i ix. 



LETTER I. 



SUBJECT introduced, 1 Supposed course of procedure, if the 

 construction of Man had been undertaken by a Being less than 

 Omniscient. 3 Functions of the Brain considered, 13 

 Faculty of Speech, its results and influence, 16 The terms 

 Digestion, Indigestion, Dyspepsia, &c. improperly retained in 

 Medical language, 22 Substitutes proposed, 25 ASSIMILATING 

 ORGANS Difference between venous and arterial blood, 27 

 Course of the ARTERIES and VEINS described, 29 Constitution 

 of the ULTIMATE TISSUE, 30 Character 33 Richard Coeur- 

 de-Lion, 36 RUTSCH'S opinion of the Muscular Fibre, 41. 



LETTER II. 



Distribution of the ABSORBENTS and NERVES explained, 43 The 

 mode of action of an ABSORBENT illustrated, 44 PUNCTUM 

 LACHRYMALE, 47 The course of an ABSORBENT traced Glan- 

 dular formations, 49 MODUS VIVENDI illustrated, 50 SE- 

 CRETORY GLANDS Ruysch's opinion of the nature and forma- 

 tion of a Gland, 50 The course of an ARTERY traced till it 

 assumes the structure of a GLAND, 55 NERVOUS SYSTEM, 58 

 Mr. Green's opinion of the great SYMPATHETIC NERVE, GO- 

 CELLULAR WEB, 65 Office of the NERVOUS FLUID, 68. 



LETTER III. 

 NATURE OF LIFE, 70 Distinction drawn between LIFE and 



VITALITY, 70 ORGANISM, 73 CONTRACTILITY and SENSIBI- 

 LITY, 74 Operations of the WILL, 79 STIMULI, 86. 



