IV CONTENTS. 



XXI. On muscular irritability in paralyzed limbs, and its semei- 



ological value, . . . . .68 



XXII. On the increase of animal heat, after injuries of the 



nervous system, . . . . .73 



XXIII. Cause of the stopping of the heart's movements, in 



Weber's experiment, . . . .77 



XXIV. On a singular action of air on the gray matter of the 



spinal cord, in birds, . . . .79 



XXV. On the treatment of epilepsy, . . . 80 



XXVI. Cure of epilepsy by section of a nerve, . . .84 



XXVII. Laws of the dynamical actions in man and animals, . 8G 



XXVIII. Influence of red blood on muscles and nerves deprived of 



their vital properties, . . . .88 



XXIX. Cases of loss of sensibility on one side of the body, and 



loss of voluntary movements on the other side, . 95 



XXX. On the different degrees of excitability of the different 



parts of the sensitive nerve fibres, . . .98 



XXXI. The auditive nerve is a nervous centre, . . 99 



XXXII. On apparently spontaneous actions of the contractile 



tissues of the animal body, .... 101 

 XXXIII. On the cause of the beatings of the heart, . . 114 



