CONTENTS. 



CHAP. I. Organic and Inorganic Bodies . . . . 13 



CHAP. II. Division of the Animal Kingdom ... 20 



CHAP. III. Structure of the Human Body .... 24 



CHAP. IV. Structure of the Human Body continued . . 39 



CHAP. V. Chemistry of the Human Body ... 56 



CHAP. VI. The Human Skeleton 63 



CHAP. VII. Properties of Animal Bodies . 95 

 CHAP. VIII. Relation of Animal Bodies to Heat, Light, and 



Electricity 105 



CHAP. IX. The Nervous System . . . ' . . 110 



CHAP. X. Intellectual and Moral Faculties ... 123 



CHAP. XI. The Spinal Marrow and its Functions . 135 



CHAP. XII. The Nerves and their Functions . . . 144 



CHAP. XIII. The five Senses Sense of Touch . . 156 



CHAP. XIV. Sense of Taste 167 



CHAP. XV. Sense of Smell 177 



CHAP. XVI. Sense of Sight 190 



CHAP. XVII. Sense of Hearing 225 



CHAP. XVIII. Respiration . 237 



CHAP. XIX. The Circulation of the Blood . . . .256 



CHAP. XX. Nutritive Functions Digestion . . . 274 



CHAP. XXI. Secretion 286 



CHAP. XXII. Absorption 292 



CHAP. XXIII. Nutrition 298 



CHAP. XXIV. Animal Heat ...... 304 



CHAP. XXV. The Voice 312 



CHAP. XXVI. Locomotion, and its Organs, . . . 319 



CHAP. XXVII. The Teeth* 326 



CHAP. XXXIII. Sleep and Death 331 



* Written by Solomon Brown, A. M. Scientific and Practical Dentist of this city. 



