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11. Protecting Agency of the Spinal Cord - -- . - 153 



12. Other Functions of Spinal Cord ..... 155 



13. Comparative Anatomy of the Encephalon - - - - 158 



14. Functions of the Cephalic Nerves - .... 164 

 15. 'Motor Nerves of the Orbit ....... 182 



16. Consensual Movements of the Eye - - - - 186 



17. General Functions of the Encephalon - - . - 191 



18. Functions of the Tubercula Quadrigemina, &c.; Emotional and Instinctive Actions 191 



19. Functions of the Cerebellum .... jgg 



20. Functions of the Cerebrum - ... 204 



21. General Recapitulation and Pathological Applications - - - 216 



CHAPTER IV. 



OF SENSATION AND THE ORGANS OF THE SENSES, 224 270. 



1. Of Sensation in General - - ... 224 



2. Sense of Touch .... 234 



3. Sense of Taste . . 237 



4. Sense of Smell - r 238 



5. Sense of Vision ... . 240 



6. Sense of Hearing - ... 255 



CHAPTER V. 



OF MUSCULAR CONTRACTILITY, 270 296. 



1. Of Contractility in General - ... 270 



2. Muscles of Animal Life . - 271 



3. Muscles of Organic Life - 279 



4. Properties of Muscular Fibre - - 280 



5. Energy and Rapidity of Muscular Contraction - 290 



6. Applications of Muscular Power - 292 



7. Sensibility of Muscles - 295 



CHAPTER VI. 



OF THE VOICE AND SPEECH, 296 312. 



1. The Larynx and its Actions - - - 296 



2. Of Articulate Sounds 307 



CHAPTER VII. 



INFLUENCE OF THE NERVOUS SYSTEM ON THE ORGANIC FUNCTIONS, 312 319. 



CHAPTER VIII. 



ON DIGESTION AND NUTRITIVE ABSORPTION, 320 357. 



1. Nature and Destination of the Food of Animals - 320 



2. Mastication and Deglutition ... - 327 



3. Action of the Stomach - 329 



4. Action of the Intestinal Tube - 335 



5. Nature of Chymification - 336 



6. Lacteal and Lymphatic Absorption - - 345 



