CONTENTS. 



PAGE. 



Translator's Preface v 



Preface xii 



Memoir on the life and writings of Beclard 1 



Introduction 19 



SECTION I. Of organized bodies ib. 



Of animals 26 



Of vertebrate animals 58 



Of the viviparous vertebrate animals - 70 



IL Of the human body 74 



Of the fluids 79 



Of the organs 84 



Ofthe organism - 94 



Of the development and differences of the organization 98 



Of the alterations of the organization - 104 



Of death and the cadaver ..... 106 



CHAPTER I. 



Of the cellular and adipose tissues 113 



SECTION I. Of the cellular tissue ib. 



II. Ofthe adipose tissue ... ... 128 



ART. I. Of the common adipose tissue ... 129 



II. Of the medullary, or adipose tissue of the bones 140 



CHAPTER II. 



Of the serous membranes - - - - - - -147 



SECTION. I. Ofthe serous membranes in general 148 



II. ART. I. Of the sub-cutaneous synovial bursx - - 160 



II. Of the synovial membranes of the tendons - 162 



III. Of the articular synovial capsules - - 166 



IV. Of the serous splanchnic membranes - - 173 



