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CONTENTS. 



White vessels, question as to their existence .... 34 



Compound tubular tissues — muscular fibre - - ' - - 35 



General anatomy of muscle .-.-.. ib. 



Sarcolemma - - . - - - . - 36 



Mode of growth of muscles - - - - - . ib. 



Contractility of muscles, a vital property - - - - - 37 



Not dependent on nervous influence ..... ib. 



Vessels and nerves of muscles - . - - - - ib. 



Sound and heat produced by muscular contraction - - . ib. 



Rigor mortis - . . - . . . - ib. 

 Nervous structure, varieties of . . - - - . 38, 3!) 

 Reproduction of nervous structure . - - - .40 



Functions of different portions of nervous matter - - - 41 



Plexuses, composition and function - - - - . ib. 



Development of Tissues from Cells ..... ib. 



Physical and Vital Properties of Tissues — elasticity, flexibility, exten- 



sibility, porosity ...... 43 



Matteucci's experiments on imbibition . - - - - 44 



Circumstances affecting endosmose - - - - - 45 



Endosmose of gases - . - . . . . ib. 



Vital properties of tissues — contractility .... 46 



Special Physiology — General consideration and classification of the func- 

 tions --...-..47 



Function defined ........ ib. 



Mutual dependence of animal and organic functions - - - ib. 



Digestion, definition of — Sources of demand for aliment — Amount required 48 



Classification of aliment by Prout, Liebig, and Thomson - - 49 



Varieties of digestive apparatus . . - . - - ib. 



Hunger and thirst ....... 50 



Stages of digestion — mastication - - . - - - ib. 

 Insalivation ........51 



Deglutition — three stages of - - - - . ^ ib. 



Chymification ........ 52 



Analysis of the gastric juice — Action of pepsine . . . . ib. 



Amount of gastric juice secreted ..... 53 



Changes effected on the different aliments . - - - ib. 



Temperature of the stomach — Time occupied in chymification - ib. 

 Action of small intestine — Defecation - - . . .54 



Absorption, divisions of - . .... 55 



Alimentary absorption . ..... ib. 



Goodsir's view of lacteal absorption ..... 56 



Internal, or interstitial absorption . - . - - - 57 



Sources of the lymph .-....- 58 



Accidental absorption - . • - - - - 59 



Respiration, definition of .----- ib. 



