CONTENTS. 



FIRST PART. 

 GENERAL PHYSIOLOGY. 



I. GENERAL PHYSIOLOGY, CELLULAR PHYSIOLOGY 1 



Definition of Physiology. Vital phenomena, 2. 

 Definition of life. Cellular physiology, 2. Conservation 

 of force and of matter, 3. 



II. CONCERNING THE GLOBULE OR CELL. ITS ATTRIBUTES 



AND HISTORICAL REVIEW 3 



Size of the globules, 3. Their shape, 4. Color, 6. Elas- 

 ticity, 6. Chemical composition, 5. Electro-motor force, 

 6. Tenacity of composition, 7. Life of the globules, 7. 

 Irritants of the globules, 8. Birth of the globules, 9. 

 Theory of the blastema of Ch. Robin, 9. Segmentation, 

 10. 'Functions of the globules, 11. Death of the globules, 

 12. Excitants and excitability (according to ancient 

 physiologists, Glisson, Haller, Tiedemann, etc.), 13-15. 

 Modern notions (Bichat, Schwann), 16. 



III. THE DIFFERENT KINDS OF CELLS. THEIR SPECIAL PROP- 



ERTIES. DIAGRAM OF THE ORGANISM. PLAN OF THIS 

 MANUAL OF PHYSIOLOGY 16 



Segmentation of the ovum and formation of the blastoderm, 

 17. Layers of the blastoderm, 17. The four kinds of 

 globules : epithelial, 18 ; nerve, blood, and embryonic, 20= 

 Diagram of the organism, 21. Divisions of the study of 

 Physiology, 22. 



SECOND PART. 



THE NERVOUS SYSTEM. 



I. A GENERAL VIEW OF THE NERVOUS SYSTEM 23 



Anatomical elements (cells, nerve tubes, neurilemma, etc.), 

 25. Researches of Ranvier, 26. Life of the nervous sys- 

 tem, 27. Electro-motor power, 28. Action of the ner- 

 vous system : reflex action, 28 ; centripetal and centrifugal, 

 29. Nerve vibrations, 30. Electrotonus, 31. 



