CONTENTS. 



ARRANGED IN CHAPTERS AND LESSONS. 



CHAPTER I. 

 (Lesson l.) 



^ PAGB 



Introductory — General Outline of the Body ; Structural Elements of the 



Body ; the Cell 1 



CHAPTER II. 



(Lesson 2.) 

 Organs, Tissues, Cells ; Epithelial Tissues ; Stratified ; Transitional ; 



Simple 7 



CHAPTER IIL 

 (Lessons 3 and 4.) 

 Connective Tissues : Connective Tissue Proper ; Adipose Tissue or Fat ; 



Cartilage ; Bone 13 



CHAPTER IV. 



(Lessons 5, 6, and 7.) 



The Skeleton 23 



CHAPTER V. 



(Lesson 8.) 



The Joints 48 



CHAPTER VL 

 (Lessons 9, 10, and 11.) 

 Muscular Tissue : Striated or Striped ; Non-striated or Plain ; Attach- 

 ment of Muscles to Skeleton ; Prominent Muscles of the Head and 

 Trunk ; Prominent Muscles of the Limbs 53 



CHAPTER VII. 

 (Lessons 12, 13, and 14.) 

 Nervous Tissue : the Neurone or Nerve-Cell ; Anatomy of the Nervous Sys- 

 tem ; Physiology of the Nervous System ; Reflexes .... 74 



Note. — In most training schools in America instruction in class is given from 

 October 1 to June 1, or for thirty-eight consecutive weeks; the lessons in this text- 

 book can be conveniently mastered in the first year's course, taken in the manner 

 indicated in these introductory contents. 



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