xx CONTENTS. 



SECTION III. 

 PARTURITION. 



PAGE 



965. The period of gestation . . . . . . . ... 1533 



966. The events of "labour" 1534 



967. The reflex nature of parturition . . . . . . 1537 



968. The nerves concerned in the act . . . . . . . 1538 



969. The more exact nature of the act 1538 



970. The causes determining the onset of labour 1539 



971. The inhibition of parturition 1540 



CHAPTER III. 

 THE PHASES OF LIFE. 



972. The composition of the babe as compared with the adult . . . 1541 



973. The curve of growth from birth onwards 1542 



974. The characters of the nutrition of the babe and infant . . . 1543 



975. The nervous system of the babe 1545 



976. Dentition 1546 



977. Puberty. Differences of sex 1547 



978. Old age . . 1548 



979. Periodical events . . 1550 



980. Sleep . 1550 



981. Other diurnal changes in the functions 1554 



CHAPTER IV. 

 DEATH. 



982. The general causation of death . . . . . . . 1555 



INDEX 1557 



