ANALYTICAL INDEX. 



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Generation, (continued) . 



dioecious reproduction, or with distinct in- 

 dividuals of different sexes. Oviparous 

 ami viviparous generation, 435 



ovoviparous generation, 435 



varieties in respect to utero-gestation and 

 the development of the young, 438 



Marsupiate generation, 436 



Monotrematous generation, 437 



comparison of animal and vegetable repro- 

 duction, 437 



synoptical table of the various forms of the 

 reproductive process, 438 



III. Reproductive function in man and the higher 



animals: 



l. sketch of this function in man, 438 

 organs of reproduction, 438 

 puberty, 439 



structural ditferences of the sexes, 439 

 menstruation, 439 

 periodical heat in animals, 441 

 age at which puberty occurs, 441 

 period during which the generative function 



is exercised, 442 

 effects of castration, 443 

 sexual feeling, 443 



relation of reproduction to the brain, 444 

 distinction of species. Mules, 444 

 functions of the external organs of repro- 

 duction, 445 

 erection, 445 



IV. Changes consequent on fruitful sexual union : 

 i . As regards the female. Conception, 447 



approximation of thefimbriated extremities 

 of the Fallopian tubes to the ovary, 447 



changes in the ovaries: bursting of the 

 Graafian vesicles, -443 



formation of the corpus luteum, 449 



descent of the ovum. Its structure and 

 changes during its passage, 451 



time at which it arrives in the uterus, 453 



changes in the uterus after conception, 454 



irregularities in the descent of the ovum, 

 453 



circumstances influencing liability to con- 

 ception, 456 



signs of recent conception in women, 457 

 '.'. As regards the male, 457 



properties of the seminal fluid, 457 

 chemical properties, 458 

 spermatic animalcules, 459 

 table of their sizes in different animals, 

 46O 



circumstances upon which the fecundating 

 property of the seminal fluid depends, 461 



difference between the fecundated and utite- 

 cundated ovum, 462 



is material contact of the semen and ovum 

 necessary ? 462 



external and artificial fecundation, 462 



course of the seminal fluid within the female 

 organs, 464 



nature of the fecundating principle. Hypo- 

 thesis of an aura, &c. 466 



general conclusions respecting fecundation, 



467 

 V. Miscellaneous topics relating to the preceding 



history of generation, 468 



1. superfcetation, 469 



2. influence exerted by parents on the qualities of 



their offspring, 470 



3. number of children and relative proportion of 



the male and female sexes, 478 

 table of the proportion of males to females 



born in different countries, 478 

 Cland, 480 



divisions and kinds of glands, 481 

 situations, 481 

 organization, 481 



minute structure, 481 



excretory ducts, 486 



structure of the secreting canals and excretory 



ducts, 487 

 bloodvessels, 487 



arrangement of their minute subdivisions, 488 

 lymphatics, 489 

 nerves, 4SQ 



interstitial cellular tissue, 489 

 investing membrane, 4S9 



general conclusions regarding the minute struc- 

 ture of glands, 490" 



hypotheses on this subject, 490 

 development of glands, 493 

 Glosso-phuryngeal nerve, 4<J-> 



origin and course, ganglion jugulare, ramus tympa- 



nicus or nerve of Jacobson, &c. 492 

 digastric and stylo-hyoid branch, 496 

 carotid branches, 496 

 pharynpeal branches, 496 

 lingual branches, 497 

 tonsillitic branches, 497 

 physiology of this nerve, 497 



Glutacal Region, (\n surgical anatomy,) 500 



Groin, Kcyion of the, (in surgical anatomy,) 503 



Haematosine, 5O3 



Hair. Vide Tcgumentary System, M)5 



Hand, Bones of the, (human anatomy,; 6O5 



I. Carpus, 505 



os naviculare, 605 

 os lunare, 505 

 os cuneiforme, 605 

 os pisiforme, 505 

 os trapezium, 506 

 os trapezoides, 506 

 os magnum, 5O6 

 os unciforme, 506 



structure and development of the bones of carpus, 

 506 



II. Metacarpus : 



first, second, third, fourth, and fifth metacarpal 



bones, 507 

 structure and development of the metacarpus, 



507 



III. Fingers, 50? 



metacarpal, middle, and ungual phalanges, 507 

 structure and development, 5O7 

 joints of the hand : 



joints of the carpus, 508 



articulation of the two rows of carpal bones to 

 each other, 508 



motions of the carpal articulations, 503 



articulation of the pisiform bone, 5OS 

 carpo-metacarpal joints, 5O9 



motions of the carpo-metacarpal joints, 5O9 

 joints of the fingers : 



metacarpo-phalangeal joints, 5 10 



phalangeal joints, 51O 



motions of the joints of the fingers, 5k) 

 Hand, Abnormal Conditions of the, 510 



I. As results of accidents, 510 



luxations and fractures, 510 



luxation of the bones of the carpus, 510 



luxation of the bones of the metacaipus, 5U 



luxation of the metacarpal bone of the thumb, 



511 

 luxation of the phalanges of the fingers, 511 



first phalanx of the thumb from 



the metacarpal bone, 511 

 anatomical characters of this accident, 512 

 luxation of the second and third phalanges, 514 



II. Diseased conditions : 

 spina ventosa, case of, 514 

 strumous osteitis, 516 

 malignant tumours, 516 



abnormal conditions of the fingers, the result of 

 accidents, and morbid affections of one or 

 more of their constituent structures, 517 



contraction of the fingers from disease of 



the pal mar fascia, 517 

 anchylosis of the joints of the phalange?, 

 518 



III. Congenital malformations of the hand, 519 

 Hand, Muscles of the, (human anatomy,) 519 



I . M uscles of the palm : 



a. muscles of the external palmar region, 519 

 abductor pollicis, 519 



relations, 519 

 flexor ossis metacarpi s. opponens pollicis, 519 



relations, 530 

 flexor brevis pollicis, 52O 



relations, 520 

 adductor pollicis, 500 



relations, 520 



b. muscles of the internal palmar region, 52O 

 palmaris brevis, 52O 



relations, 520 

 abductor minimi digiti, 580 



relations, use, 520 

 flexor brevis minimi digiti, 521 



relations, 521 



adductor ossis metacarni s. opponens minimi 

 digiti, 521 



relations, 521 



c. muscles of the middle palmar region, 501 



lumbricales, 521 



relations and uses, 5-JM 

 interossei intt-rni ditmoruin, 521 



relations, use, 521 



II. Muscles of the dorsum : 



interossei exterui, 591 

 relations, uses, 522 

 motions of the hand and its pan 

 Hand, Regions of the, (surgical anatomy), 523 

 I. Palmar region, 523 

 skin, 524 



subcutaneous cellular tissue and nerves, 524 

 aponeurosis, 524 



anterior annular ligament, 524 

 palmar fascia, 625 

 vessels and nerves : 

 nlnar artery, 525 

 radial artery, 526 

 veins, lymphatics, nerves, 5QC 

 median nerve, 557 



