X CONTENTS. 



Reptiles to both Air and Water. " 48 



Herbiverous Animals to special kinds of food; as Grass, Grain, Fruit, &c. 49 



Carnivorous Animals to Flesh, , 49 



SOME ORGANIZATIONS ARE FORMED WITH REFERENCE TO CLIMATE; as 



The Polar Bear for a Cold Climate, 49 



The Ourang-Outang for a WarmC'limate, 49 



This preference to Climate, and to one or more of the fundamental ele- 

 ments, Air, Water, Food, &c., constitutes so many Special Laws of 

 their Being and Existence. .-.. ,. , , 

 THE LAST VARIETY OF ORGANIZATION is MAN, formed with reference to 



his Intellectual and Moral Faculties, 50 



CONSTITUENTS OF HUMAN ORGANIZATION, 50 



1. Chemical, 50 



2. Organic, 50 



Chemical Oxygen, Hydrogen, Carbon, Nitrogen, 50 



, Phosphorus, Lime, &c., 50 



Organic Protein, Albumen, Gelatin, Fibrin, Mucus, &c., 52 



Union of these Elements constitutes the Solids and Fluids of the Body. 

 ALL ORGANIZATIONS FORMED AND COMPLEX, in proportion to the num- 

 ber and variety of the Powers, Properties and Functions they 



possess, 50 



Man having most Functions, consequently most complicated, 50 



DEVELOPMENT OF ORGANIZATION, 57 



By Steps, , 57 



TABLE OF POINTS OF DIFFERENCE BETWEEN INORGANIC AND ORGANIC BODIES, 



as given by M. Magendie, 57 



ANATOMY its Divisions, 58 



PART FIRST. 



ALPHABET OF ANATOMY, OR ELEMENTARY TISSUES, 61 



CHAPTER FIRST. 



ORIGIN OF TISSUES, 63 



From the simple Cell or Vesicle discovered by Schwann in 1838, ... 63 



Development of Tissues, 64 



PHYSICAL PROPERTIES OF THE TISSUES,.. , . . . . 65 



VITAL PROPERTIES OF THE TISSUES, 65 



NUMBER OF TISSUES, >. . . . f)6 



CHAPTF.R SECOND. 

 THE BLOOD, 66 



CHAPTER THIRD. 



THE CELLULAR TISSUE, 75 



Adipose, 79 



Serous, , 80 



