CONTENTS. XV 



PAGE 

 Of the tubular membrane 01' nerve sheath .. .. .. 247 



Some pale fibres are from the sympathetic . . . . . . 248 



Of the distribution of the ultimate pale " nucleated " 



nerve fibres to the elementary muscular fibres . . 249 



Kolhker's conclusions . . . . .'. . . . . 250 



Kiihne's views . . . . . . . . . . . . 250 



Memoirs on the distribution of nerve to muscle from 1860 



to 1865 255 



Distribution of nerves to the breast muscle of the frog . . 256 

 Distribution of nerve fibres to the muscles of the hyla or 



green-tree frog .. .. .. . .. .. 258 



Distribution of nerves to the muscles of articulata .. 258 



Distribution of nerves to the muscles of the maggot . . 259 

 Nerves to the muscles of the leech . . . . . . . . 260 



Of the nerve tufts, nerve eminences, and Nerveuhiigel seen 



in connexion with certain muscidar nerves . ". . . 261 



Nerve tufts are not terminal organs but networks. . . . 267 



Distribution of nei-ve fibres to the elementary muscular 



fibres " .. ..268 



Nerve tufts exceptional . . . . . . . . . . 268 



Of the so-called " nerve tufts" in the breast muscle of the 



frog 269 



Arrangement of nerve fibres in other forms of striped 

 muscle, as the branching fibres of the tongue, muscu- 

 lar fibres of the heart and lymphatic heart of the 



frog 270 



Of the finest nerve fibres which influence the muscle . . 273 

 Diameter of tlie finest nerve fibres of muscle . . . . 274 



Reply to adverse criticism . . , . . . . . . . 275 



The Blood-vessels and their Action. 



Circulation of the blood in the vessels . . . . . . 280 



Importance of a knowledge of structure of the vessels . . 283 

 Views regarding the structure of the capillaries . . ^ . 283 



Protoplasm walls of the capillaries . . . . . . . . 284 



Bioplasts or nuclei of the capillai-ies . . . . . . 287 



Of the action of the tissue of capillaiy vessels during life 288 

 Of the action of the bioplasm of the capillaries during life 289 



Of the arteries 291 



Of the veins 292 



Examination of arteries and veins . . . . . . . . 296 



Of the action of the contractUe muscular fibre cells . . 299 



