

xyi CONTENTS. 



Arrangement of the Nerves distributed to Vessels. 



PAOE 



Distribution of nerves to the arteries of the frog . . . . 300 



Distribution of nerves to the arteries of mammalia . . 305 



Distribution of nerves to veins . . . . . . . . 305 



Of the nerves disti-ibuted to capillaries . . . . . . 306 



Arrangement of nerve fibres distributed to capillaries . . 308 

 Central origin and peripheral connections of nerve fibres 



distributed to capillaries . . . . . . . . 309 



Recent observations on the distribution of nerves to the 



capillaries of the bat's wing . . . . . . . . 313 



The action of the nerves distributed to the capillary 



vessels . . . . . - . . . . . . . . 320 



Are the nerve fibres of the capillaries sensitive ? . . . . 320 



Are they motor ? .. .. .. .. .. .. 321 



Are they nutritive or secretory in their action ? - . . . 322 



What is their office ? 323 



They may be concerned in general sensation . . . . 323 



Their connection with ganglia . . . . . . . . 324 



Physiological experiments . . . . . , . . . . 325 



Of the self-acting mechanism by which the supply of blood 



to tissues is regidated . . . , . . . . . . 327 



Influence of the veins . . . . . . . . . . 331 



Action of the nerve fibres of the capillary vessels in inflam- 

 mation . . . . - . . . . . . . . . 332 



Alteration of the nerve fibres and capillaries in chronic 



disease . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 337 



