Vi CONTENTS. 



in the Animal Kingdom, and Mode of Investigation — Anatomy — 

 Physiologij — Pathology. 



Introduction 33 



The Cultivation of Zoology and Comparative Anatomy 



recommended as Branches of General Knowledge ... 34 



Interesting Nature of the Pursuit 35 



Relations of Animals to our own Species — 



Examples in the Whale, Seal, and others 38 



Domestic Animals, and the Veterinary Art 39 



Variety of Powers and Functions 40 



Gradations in Organization 41 



Example in the anterior Members of the Vertebral Animals — 



Rudiments of certain Organs 42 



Final Causes 43 



Exemplification in the Air-cells of Birds 46 



And in the Blubber of Whales, Seals, &c — 



Relation of Zoology to other Sciences ; — to Geology .... 47 



Fossile Remains of Animals — 



Banks and Rocks of Coral, &c 48 



Relations of Comparative Anatomy and Physiology to the 



Science of Medicine 49 



Objects of Investigation in Living Beings 50 



Anatomy, Animal Chemistry, Physiology 51 



Popular Notion of Life — 



Connexion of Anatomy and Physiology 52 



Morbid Anatomy and Pathology 55 



These Pursuits are the Basis of Rational Medicine — 



LECT. III. 



On the Study of Physiology . — The Aids and Illustrations to be de- 

 rived from other Sciences ; as, Natural Philosophy, Mathematics^ 

 Chemistry. — Study of the Physical Sciences recommended. — Pe- 

 culiar Characters of the Vital Phenomena — Living Properties — 

 Attempted Hypothetical Explanation of them. — Comparative 

 Anatomy — its Objects — its Relations to Physiology exemplified. 



Study of Physiology 57 



The Science of Life not yet adequately treated 58 



Application of the Physical Sciences to that of Life 59 



