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VI. Accommodation and Convergence 188 



VII. Miscellaneous Experiments . 192 



VIII. Perimetry 193 



IX. Determination of Normal Vision . . . 196 



X. The Range of Accommodation 200 



XI. Normal Ophthalmoscopy (Direct Method) 201 



XII. Normal Ophthalmoscopy (Indirect Method) 203 



XIII. Skiascopy . . . ' 204 



CHAPTER VIII. 

 THE PHYSIOLOGY OF THE NERVOUS SYSTEM. 



I. ReflexAction 206 



II. Reflexes in the Human Subject 208 



III. The Action of Strychnine upon the Nervous System .... 210 



IV. The Action of Curare upon the Nervous System 212 



V. The Action of Veratrin upon the Nervous System 214 



VI. Sensation 215 



VII. Sensation (continued) 218 



VIII. Function of Spinal Nerves 220 



CHAPTER IX. 

 THE PHYSIOLOGY OF THE MUSCULAR SYSTEM. 



I. Animal Mechanics 222 



II. Ergography 226 



APPENDIX. 



1. Normal Saline Solution 229 



2. Frog Boards 229 



3. The Physiological Operating Case 229 



4. Galvanic Cells 230 



5. Dry Cells 230 



6. To Curarize a Frog 231 



7. To Prepare the Kymograph for Work 231 



8. A Fixing Fluid for Carbon Tracings .231 



9. Non-polarizable Electrodes . 232 



10. The Frog-heart Lever 233 



11. The Respiratory Cannula 234 



12. Tambours (Receiving and Recording) 234 



13. The Manometer Tambour 236 



14. Thoracic Cannulse 237 



15. The Stethograph . : ? '. 237 



16. The Chest Pantagraph 238 



17. The Pneomanometer 240 



