ANALYTICAL TABLE OF CONTENTS. 323 



Parts common to the organization of this system. Cellular texture. 

 Blood-vessels. -Nerves. - - - - - - 216 



Properties of the Muscular System of Animal Life. 



1. Properties of Texture. Extensibility. Contractility of texture. 219 



2. Vital Properties. Properties of Animal Life. -Sensibility. Animal 

 contractility. Animal contractility considered in the brain, in the 

 nerves, in the muscles. Causes which excite animal contractility. 

 Contractility in the foetus, and after death. Difference between ani- 

 mal contractility and irritability. Parts in which animal contractility 

 first and last ceases. Sensible organic contractility. Sympathies. 

 Characters of the vital properties. 221 



Phenomena of the Action of the Muscular System of Animal Life. 

 Force of muscular contraction. Rapidity of contraction* Effect of 

 muscular contraction. ..._.- 227" 



Development of the Muscular System of Animal Life. 

 State in the foetus. During- growth. Effect of disease. - 228 



II. OF THE MUSCULAR SYSTEM OF ORGANIC LIFE. 



Where found. - - - - 229 



Forms and Organization of the Muscular System of Organic Life. 



Forms. Organization. 229 



Properties of the Muscular System of Organic Life. 



1. Properties of Texture. Extensibility. Contractility. 230 



2. Vital Properties. Animal sensibility. Animal contractility. Or- 

 ganic properties. Sensible organic contractility. Effect of stimuli, 

 age, temperament, and death, on this property. Sympathies. Cha- 

 racter of the vital properties. 231 



Phenomena of the action of the Muscular System of Organic Life. 

 Force of contraction. Dilatation. - 235 



Development of the Muscular System of Organic Life. 



Causet which set the muscles of organic life into activity. Their 

 growth. Controlling power of the will over the organic muscles. 236 



PiTTTOLOGY OF THE MUSCULAR TlSSUE. 



Diseases of the muscular tissue of animal and of organic life. - 237 



MUCOUS SYSTEM. 



Whence it derives its name. - 239 



Of the Divisions and Forms of the Mucous System. 



Forms. Gastro-pulmonary and gastro-urinary mucous membranes. 

 Pathological considerations. Surfaces. - - - 239 



