xx CONTENTS. 



SECTION III. 



PAETURITION. 



PAGE 



965. The Period of Gestation 395 



966. The Events of " Labour " 396 



967. The Reflex Nature of Parturition 399 



968. The Nerves Concerned in the Act 400 



969. The more Exact Nature of the Act 400 



970. The Causes determining the Onset of Labour 401 



5 971. The Inhibition of Parturition 402 



CHAPTER III. 

 THE PHASES OF LIFE. 



972. The Composition of the Babe as compared with the Adult . . . 403 



973. The Curve of Growth from Birth onwards 404 



974. The Characters of the Nutrition of the Babe and Infant .... 405 



975. The Nervous System of the Babe 407 



976. Dentition 40s 



977. Puberty. Differences of Sex 409 



978. Old Age . 410 



979. Periodical Events 412 



980. Sleep . . . 412 



981. Other Diurnal Changes in the Functions 416 



CHAPTER IV. 



DEATH. 

 982. The General Causation of Death 417 



