CONTENTS. 



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GENERAL CONSIDERATIONS AND PROXIMATE PRINCIPLES 17 



THE BLOOD 22 



CIRCULATION OF TIIK BLOOD 27 



RESPIRATION 36 



DIGESTION 42 



ABSORPTION 59 



ANIMAL HEAT 62 



SECRETION: The Mammary Glands; The Skin; The Kidneys and 



the Urine ; The Vascular Glands 64 



MUSCLE 82 



NUTRITION .... 89 



NERVOUS SYSTEM : The Nerves ; Sympathetic System ; Spinal Cord ; 



The Medulla Oblongata ; The Pons Varolii and Crura Cerebri ; 



The Cerebrum ; The Cerebellum ; The Cranial Nerves 93 



THE SENSES: Touch; Taste; Smell; Hearing; Sight 145 



EMBRYOLOGY : Reproduction ; Development ; Parturition 173 



APPENDIX. 



TABLE OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF AN EMBRYO 205 



CHEMICAL TESTS USED COMMONLY IN PHYSIOLOGICAL ANALYSIS . 205 



METRIC SYSTEM 207 



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