Vlll CONTEXTS. 



Page. 



CHAP. VII. 



On the Torpidity of Hibernating Animals ... 161 



CHAP. VIII. 



The means by which the System is enabled to bear 

 a temperature much superior to that of the body 174 



CHAP. IX. 



The Influence of Disease on the production of Heat 189 



CHAP. X. 



The Function of the Eighth Pair of Nerves . . . 208 



CHAP. XI. 



The Influence of Narcotics on the generation of Ani- 

 mal Heat and the Digestive Powers . . . 241 



CHAP. XII. 



The Causes which influence the Action of the Heart 260 



CHAP. XIII. 



On Palpitation 280 



SECT. I. The general causes which produce 



this affection . . . ib. 



SECT. II. Organic causes which produce pal- 

 pitation 286 



CHAP. XIV. 



Syncope ....;. p'V^; r ^^ t t ^QQ 



SECT. I. The manner in which the Sanguife- 

 rous and Nervous Systems are acted upon by 

 those causes which produce Syncope . . , ib. 



