vi CONTENTS. 



THE MUSCULAR AND NERVOUS MECHANISM OF 

 THE RESPIRATORY MOVEMENTS. 



By E. H. STARLING. 



Mechanical Conditions — Inspiration — Diaphragm— Intercostal Muscles — Expira- 

 tion — Accessory Respiratory Movements — Types of Respiration— Movements of 

 the Lungs — Respiratory Rhythm — Pressure in Lungs — Methods of Registering 

 Movements — Nervous Mechanism — Respiratory Centre — Spinal Centres- 

 Automatism of Centres — Influence of Afferent Nerves — Action of Vagus — 

 Normal Movements and Effects of Division of Vagi — Effects of Distension and 

 Collapse of Lung — Apncea — Electrical Stimulation of Vagus — Influence of 

 other Sensory Nerves— Influence of Brain — Asphyxia — Modified Respiratory 

 Movements ' page 274 



THE MUSCULAR AND NERVOUS MECHANISMS OF THE 



DIGESTIVE TRACT. 



By E. H. STARLING. 



Mastication — Sucking — Deglutition — Movements of the Stomach — Vomiting — 

 Movements of the Intestines — Defecation page 313 



THE MUSCULAR MECHANISMS OF THE URINARY TRACT. 



By E. H. STARLING. 



Movements of the Ureters — Movements of the Bladder — Muscular Tissue of 

 Bladder and Urethra — Mechanism of Closure of Bladder — Intravesical Tension 

 — Nerve Supply of the Bladder — Mechanism of Micturition — Voluntary Control 

 of Micturition page 338 



THE MUSCULAR MECHANISMS OF THE GENERATIVE 



APPARATUS. 



By E. H. STARLING. 



Erection — Nervous Mechanism— Retractor Penis — Parturition — Nervous Mechan- 

 ism page 347 



THE MECHANICAL, THERMAL, AND ELECTRICAL 

 PROPERTIES OF STRIPED MUSCLE. 



By J. BURDON SANDERSON. 



The Mechanical Response — Response to Successive Excitations — Response to 

 Single Stimulus— Influence of Mechanical Conditions on Excitatory Process — 

 Muscular Tonus — Genesis of Tetanus — Summation of Stimuli — Period of 

 Latency — Rate of Propagation — Conduction of Slow Waves — Exhaustion and 

 Death of Muscle— Fatigue— Causes of Exhaustion— Death of Muscle— Rigor 

 Mortis— Nature of Process concerned in Muscular Contraction— 

 Production of Heat during Contraction — Electrical Properties of 

 Muscle— In the Unexcited State — Current of Injury — Electromotive Pheno- 



