

CONTENTS 



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INTRODUCTION 17 



GENERAL DIRECTIONS 20 



LESSON I 



MUSCLE AND NERVE 21 



Ameboid and Ciliary Motion. Methods of Stimulation 21 



LESSON II 



MUSCLE AND NERVE (Continued) 25 



Myography f 25 



LESSON III 



MUSCLE AND NERVE (Continued) 35 



Irritability, Conductivity, and Elasticity of Muscle. The Power of Muscle 



Tissue in Relation to the Cross-section and Arrangement of Its Fibers 35 



LESSON IV 



MUSCLE AND NERVE (Continued) 41 



Single Contraction, Summation and Fusion of Contractions. Tetanus. 

 Influence of Changes in the Strength of the Stimulus and Load of the 

 Muscle 41 



LESSON V 



MUSCLE AND NERVE (Continued) ". 47 



Influence of Temperature, Chemicals, and Fatigue Upon the Contraction of 

 Muscle 47 



LESSON VI 



MUSCLE AND NERVE (Continued) 51 



Contraction! of Human Muscle. Influence of Blood-supply. Smooth 

 Muscte 51 



LESSON VII 



MUSCLE AND NERVE (Continued) 59 



Speed of the Nerve Impulse in the Frog and Man. Conduction in Both 

 Directions 55 



LESSON VIII 



MUSCLE AND NERVE (Continued) 59 



Conduction in Nerve. Action Current of Muscle and Nerve. Stimulation 



of Motor Points 59 



LESSON IX 



MUSCLE AND NERVE (Concluded) 63 



Electrotonus. Cathodic and Anodic Excitation. Law of Unipolar Stimu- 

 lation of Human Muscle and Nerve 63 



LESSON X 



THE BLOOD 67 



The Coagulation of the Blood. Counting of the Blood-corpuscles 67 



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