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V. RESPIRATORY SYSTEM 113 



VI. DIGESTIVE SYSTEM 118 



MOUTH 122 



GLANDS 124 



(ESOPHAGUS AND STOMACH 125 



INTESTINE 128 



APPENDIX 130 



LIVER AND PANCREAS 131 



VII. KIDNEYS, BLADDER 134 



ORGANS OF GENERATION ........ 140 



VIII. NERVOUS SYSTEM 149 



BRAIN 152 



CEREBRAL NERVES 167 



WEIGHTS OF BRAIN 168 



SYMPATHETIC SYSTEM 171 



IX. THE SENSES 171 



1. TOUCH 171 



2. SIGHT 174 



3. SMELL 178 



4. TASTE 180 



5. HEARING 183 



B. COMPARATIVE PHYSIOLOGY AND PSYCHOLOGY 189 



GENERAL PHYSIOLOGY 189 



I. SKELETON AND MUSCLES 192 



SUPERIORITY OF ERECT POSITION 193 



II. SKIN AND APPENDAGES 199 



PERSPIRATION 199 



FAT SECRETION 200 



ODOUR ........... 201 



TRANSPIRATION 202 



POWER OF MOVING SKIN 202 



III. HEART AND VESSELS 203 



HEART BEAT 204 



BLOOD PRESSURE 204 



VOLUME OF BLOOD 205 



PROPERTIES OF BLOOD 205 



IV. RESPIRATORY SYSTEM 209 



TEMPERATURES 212 



V. DIGESTIVE SYSTEM 214 



LIVER AND ITS ACTIONS 218 



VI. URINOGENITAL SYSTEM ........ 221 



URINARY ORGANS 221 



REPRODUCTIVE ORGANS 222 



PUBERTY 222 



MENSTRUATION 223 



CONCEPTION AND FORMATION OF EMBRYO . . . 229 



PREGNANCY 230 



INFANCY 231 



