ON DEATH. 



Q. Is the dependence of animal life on organic, or that 

 of organic life on animal, greatest? 



t/?. Intimately as they are related, it is to be observed, 

 that death of the animal organs, instantly follows that of 

 the organic; whereas organic life continues some time 

 after animal life has ceased. 



Q. What is the sure indication of complete death? 



ft. The termination of the functions or phenomena of 

 organic life. 



Q. What triple alliance is necessary to life? 



*fl. The functions of the heart, lungs and brain. 



On the Influence of the Death of the Heart upon that 

 of the Brain. 



Q. How does the heart influence the brain? 



/2. Through the circulation of the blood, and by ner- 

 vous transmissions. 



Q. How does the circulation of red blood influence the 

 brain? 



#. In two ways: by the motion of the blood in the ar- 

 teries; and by the intrinsic qualities of red blood, vivify- 

 ing they may be called. Too great motion of the brain 

 from the heart's action, or too little will morbidly excite 

 or debilitate the cephalic functions. 



Q. In injection of air into the veins, where is its fatal 

 impression made? 



