CONTENTS. xv 



CHAPTER VI. 

 ON CUTANEOUS AND SOME OTHER SENSATIONS. 



SECTION I. 

 THE NERVE ENDINGS OF THE SKIN. 



PAGE 



869. General and Special Nerve Endings. End-bulbs -267 



870. Pacinian Corpuscles 268 



871. Grandry's Corpuscles 270 



872- Touch Corpuscles 270 



873. Nerve Endings in the Cornea 272 



874. Nerve Endings in the Epidermis 272 



875. ' Touch Cells ' in the Epidermis and elsewhere 273 



SECTION II. 

 THE GENERAL FEATURES OF CUTANEOUS SENSATIONS. 



876. Three Kinds of Cutaneous Sensations, of Pressure, of Heat and 



Cold, and of Pain 274 



Tactile Sensations or Sensations of Pressure, 



877- The General Characters of Tactile Sensations 274 



878. The Localisation of Tactile Sensations -. ; . 276 



Sensations of Heat and Cold. 



879. Sensations of Heat and Cold due to sudden Changes in the Tempe- 

 rature of the Skin t . 278 



880. The General Characters of Temperature Sensations 279 



881. Tactile and Temperature Sensations in Parts other than the Exter- 

 nal Skin .... .280 



SECTION III. 

 ON PAINFUL AND SOME OTHER KINDS OF SENSATION. 



882. Sensations of Pain distinct from other Sensations 281 



883. Sensations of Pain are Extreme Degrees of Common Sensibility . 281 



884. Special Nerve Endings not Necessary for Sensations of Pain . . 284 



885. Hunger and Thirst 285 



