Illustrations vii 



FACING 

 PACE 



THE SCHOOL OF ANATOMY, BY REMBRANDT ... . 826 



Photo: Rischgitz Collection. 



RED BLOOD CORPUSCLES OF MAN 827 



Reproduced by courtesy of Messrs. F. Davidson & Co. 



DIAGRAM ILLUSTRATING THE VALVES OF THE HEART .... 827 

 DIAGRAM OF THE CIRCULATION OF THE BLOOD THROUGH THE BODY . 827 



HARVEY DEMONSTRATING THE CIRCULATION OF THE BLOOD TO CHARLES I 330 

 From a painting after Robert Hannah. Photo: Rischgitz Collection. 



THE HUMAN HEART . . ....... 331 



VEIN AND VALVE 331 



Reproduced by permission from Keith's The Engine! of the Human Body 

 (Williams and Norgate). 



A STRIPED OR STRIATED MUSCLE-FIBRE. THREE SMOOTH OR UNSTRIPED 



MUSCLE-CELLS ........... 334 



THE WINDPIPE AND LUNGS OF MAN (FROM A SPECIMEN) . . . 335 

 SECTION OF A HUMAN BRAIN ........ 335 



DISTRIBUTION OF THE MAIN BLOOD-VESSELS OF THE HUMAN BODY 



(Coloured Illustration} ......... 338 



Reproduced from The Household Physician by permission of the publishers, 

 Messrs. Blackie & Son, Ltd. 



A DRAWING OF THE BICEPS OF THE UPPER PART OF THE RIGHT ARM, 



SHOWING ITS TENDON, ITS BLOOD-VESSELS, AND ITS NERVE . . . 342 



Reproduced by permission from Keith's The Engines of the Human Body 

 (Williams and Norgate). 



THE ELBOW-JOINT .......... 342 



THE HIP-JOINT 342 



INFLUENCE OF FATIGUE ON THE CONTRACTION OF A MUSCLE . . . 343 



Reproduced by courtesy of Mr. John Murray from Halliburton's Hand- 

 book of Physiology. 



VERTICAL SECTION THROUGH THE HEAD AND TRUNK OF THE HUMAN 



BODY 346 



A SINGLE NERVE-CELL OR NEURONE (AFTER STOHR) .... 346 



DIAGRAM ILLUSTRATING REFLEX ACTION IN MAN OR ANY BACKBONED 



ANIMAL . 847 



