ANALYTICAL TABLE OF CONTENTS. 



GENERAL OBSERVATIONS. 



Of the Physiological and Physical Sciences, and the Properties which pre- 

 side over their Phenomena. 



Of animate and inanimate beings. Of the sciences which treat of their 

 phenomena. Of vital and non-vital properties. - 9 



Characters of the Vital Properties compared with those of the Physical. 



Extreme variableness of the first. Consequences of this principle as it 

 regards their phenomena. There can only be diseases where there 

 are vital properties. Of sympathies. Properties of vegetable and 

 animal life. Phenomena which result from these properties. 10 



Of the Vital Properties and their Phenomena considered in relation to the 

 Solids and Fluids. 



The vital properties essentially seated in the solids. These are the 

 seat of most diseases. The fluids may however be affected. Ave- 

 nues by which the fluids become affected. Division of the fluids into 

 those of composition and decomposition. Sympathetic impressions 

 conveyed and seated in the solids. - 13 



Of the Properties Independent of Life. 



Properties of Texture. Of contractility by horny hardening. Of ani- 

 mal contractility. Of sensible organic contractility. Of contractility 

 of texture from want of extension. Of insensible organic contracti- 

 lity. - .... 15 



Of Animal Organization. 



Cause upon which the vital properties depend. Of the elementary 

 textures. Division of the organized systems. Of the generative tis- 

 sues. Of the insulated tissues. Of the nutritive parenchyma and 

 nutritive matter of an organ. Of the first aspect and of the progress 

 of organization. Elective power of an organ. Secretion Life of a 

 part. Disease. Sympathies. Influence of texture on disease. 

 Acute and chronic diseases relative to the vital properties of the 

 textures. - 16 



Of the Functions. 



Functions of animal and organic lives, their centres, and the nerves 

 belonging to each. Beclard's elements of organization. MeckePs 

 doctrine of organization. - 20 



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