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Of the tubular membrane or 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 



Kolliker'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 Nervenhiigel seen 



in connexion with certain muscular nerves . . . . 261 



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



Distribution of nerve 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 the 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 . . t . 283 

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



Bioplasts or nuclei of the capillaries . . . . . . 287 



Of the action of the tissue of capillary 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 contractile muscular fibre cells . . 299 



