CONTENTS. xv 



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CHAPTER VI. 



ON CUTANEOUS AND SOME OTHER SENSATIONS. 



SECTION I. 

 THE NERVE ENDINGS OF THE SKIN. 



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869. General and special nerve endings. End-bulbs .... 1405 



870. Pacinian corpuscles 1406 



871. Grandry's corpuscles 1408 



872. Touch corpuscles 1408 



873. Nerve endings in the cornea ........ 1410 



874. Nerve endings in the epidermis 1410 



875. ' Touch cells ' in the epidermis and elsewhere ..... 1411 



SECTION II. 

 THE GENERAL FEATURES OF CUTANEOUS SENSATIONS. 



876. Three kinds of cutaneous sensations, of pressure, of heat and cold, 



and of pain 1412 



Tactile Sensations or Sensations of Pressure. 



877. The general characters of tactile sensations 1412 



878. The localisation of tactile sensations 1414 



Sensations of Heat and Cold. 



879. Sensations of heat and cold due to sudden changes in the tempe- 

 rature of the skin 1416 



880. The general characters of temperature sensations .... 1417 

 881. Tactile and temperature sensations in parts other than the external 



skin 1418 



SECTION III. 

 ON PAINFUL AND SOME OTHER KINDS OF SENSATION. 



882. Sensations of pain distinct from other sensations .... 1419 



883. Sensations of pain are extreme degrees of common sensibility . 1419 



884. Special nerve endings not necessary for sensations of pain . . 1422 



885. Hunger and thirst 1423 



