TABLE OF CONTENTS. 



INTRODUCTION. 



GENERAL VIEW OF THE CONNECTION OF PHYSIOLOGY WITH OTHER BRANCHES OF 



MEDICINE, 25 31. 



CHAPTER I. 



ON THE PLACE OF MAN IN THE SCALE OF BEING, 32 68. 



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1. Distinction between Animals and Plants - 32 



2. General sub-divisions of the Animal Kingdom - 34 



3. General characters of Radiata ...... 35 



4. General characters of Mollusca - - 37 



5. General characters of Articulata - 41 



6. General characters of Vertebrata - 43 



7. General characters of Fishes ...... 46 



8. General characters of Reptiles 47 



9. General characters of Birds - ... 50 



10. General characters of Mammalia - ... 54 



11. Chief sub-divisions of Mammalia ...... 57 



12. Characteristics of Man ...... 60 



CHAPTER II. 



GENERAL VIEW OF THE FUNCTIONS, 69 88. 



.1. Of Vital Actions, and their mutual dependence 69 



2. Functions of Vegetative Life - 76 



3. Functions of Animal Life ... . 85 



CHAPTER III. 



FUNCTIONS OF THE NERVOUS SYSTEM, 88 224. 



1. General Summary .... 88 



2. Elementary Structure of the Nervous System 90 



3. Elementary Functions of Nervous Structure - 93 



4. Mode of determining the Functions of Nerves - - 96 



5. Nature of the Changes in the Nervous System 98 



6. Comparative Anatomy and Physiology of the Nervous System - 100 



7. Nervous System of Vertebrata 118 



8. Functions of the Spinal Cord - - 132 



9. Respiratory Movements - 139 

 10. Deglutition and Defecation ..... 145 



