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Du Bois-Reymond's Sliding Induction-apparatus. Pixii-Saxton's Magneto- 

 induction Machine, 646 



Electrical Currents in Resting Muscle and Nerve. Cutaneous Currents. 



Glandular Currents, 648 



Currents of Stimulated Muscles and Nerves and of Secretory Organs, 652 



Currents in Nerves and in Muscles in the Electrotonic State, 656 



Theories and Currents in Muscles and Nerves, 657 



Altered Irritability of Nerve and Muscle in Electrotonus 660 



The Development and the Disappearance of Electrotonus. The Law of 



Contraction. The Law of Polar Stimulation, 663 



Rapidity of Conduction of the Stimulus in Nerves, 667 



Double Conduction in Nerves, 669 



Employment of Electricity for Therapeutic Purposes. Degenerative Reac- 

 tions of Muscle and Nerve, 669 



Comparative. Historical, 675 



PHYSIOLOGY OF THE PERIPHERAL NERVES. 



Classification of Nerve-fibers According to Function, 677 



THE CEREBRAL NERVES. 



Olfactory Tract and Bulb, 678 



Optic Nerve and Tract, 679 



Oculomotor Nerve, 680 



Trpchlear Nerve, 682 



Trigeminal Nerve, 683 



Abducens Nerve, 693 



Facial Nerve, 694 



Auditor}^ Nerve, 699 



Glossopharyngeal Nerve, 703 



Vagus Nerve 704 



Accessory Nerve of Willis, 712 



Hypoglossal Nerve, 713 



The Spinal Nerves, 713 



Sympathetic Nervous ^ System, 718 



Comparative. Historical 721 



PHYSIOLOGY OF THE NERVOUS CENTERS. 



General Considerations, 723 



THE SPINAL CORD. 



The Structure of the Spinal Cord, 723 



The Spinal Reflexes, 728 



Inhibition of Reflexes, 731 



Centers in the Spinal Cord, 734 



Irritability of the Spinal Cord, 736 



Conducting Paths in the Spinal Cord, 738 



THE BRAIN. 



General Outline of the Structure of the Brain, 741 



The Medulla Oblongata, 748 



Reflex Centers in the Medulla Oblongata, 748 



The Respiratory Center and the Innervation ;of the Respiratory Apparatus, 750 

 The Center for the Inhibitory Nerves (Diminishing the Frequency and the 



Strength) of the Heart and the Fibers Passing to the Vagus, 758 



The Center for the Accelerator and Augmenting Cardiac Nerves and the 



Fibers to which it Gives Rise, 760 



The Vasomotor Center and Nerves, 762 



The Vasodilator Center and Nerves, 771 



The Spasm-center. The Sweating Center, 773 



Psychic Functions of the Cerebrum, 774 



The Motor Cortical Centers of the Cerebrum 780 



The Sensorial Cortical Centers, 785 



