CONTENTS. Xiii 



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 CHAPTER XXIX. 



THE SPECIAL SENSES: VISION. 



Optical Apparatus of the Eye Formation of Retinal Image 

 Changes in the Eye During Accommodation from Near Vision 

 The Function of the Pupil Imperfections in the Optical 

 System of the Eye Long and Short-Sightedness Astigma- 

 tism, etc. The Sensory Apparatus of the Eye The Functions 

 of the Retina Blind Spot Fovea Centralis The Movements 

 of the Eyeballs Diplopia Judgments of Vision Color Vision 

 Color Blindness 279 



CHAPTER XXX. 

 THE SPECIAL SENSES. 



Hearing The Cochlea How Sound Waves are Transmitted to 

 this by Tympanic Membrane and Auditory Ossicles Causes 

 of Deafness Taste Nature of Receptors* for Taste The 

 Location of the Four Fundamental Taste Sensations Rela- 

 tionship Between Chemical Structure and Taste Association 

 Between Taste, Common Sensation of Touch, and Smell 

 Action of Certain Drugs on Taste Smell Nature of the Re- 

 ceptors of Smell (the Olfactory Epithelium) Nature of 

 Stimulus 291 



CHAPTER XXXI. 

 THE MUSCULAR SYSTEM. 



The General Properties of Muscular Tissues Contractability 

 Irritability The Simple Muscular Contraction Tetanic Con- 

 traction Effect of Load Elasticity of Muscle Chemical 

 Changes Accompanying Contraction Rigor Mortis 300 



CHAPTER XXXII. 

 REPRODUCTION. 



Fertilization The Accessory Phenomena of Reproduction in 

 Man Female Organs Male Organs Impregnation Ovulation 

 Pregnancy Birth 303 



APPENDIX. 

 Fundamental Demonstration in Physiology 309 



