106 INDEX. 



quantity, and solvent qualities, 94. Digestion chiefly consists in the so- 

 lution of the aliment in this fluid, 95. Singular cases of a fistula of the 

 stomach, 97. Action of the stomach, 97. Functions of the pylorus, 100. 

 Of vomiting, 101. Digestion in the duodenum, 102. Of the bile and its 

 secretory organs, 103. Circulation of the blood in the liver, 104. Uses 

 of the spleen, 105. Of the pancreas and pancreatic juice, 107. Separa- 

 tion of the alimentary matter in two substances, the one chylous the other 

 excrementitions, 108. Of the action in the small intestines, 108. The 

 uses of their curvatures and valvulae conniventes ; of the peristaltic 

 motion, 109. Of digestion in the great intestines, 110. Uses of the ap- 

 pendicula vermiformis of the ccecum. Of the evacuation of the faeces, 

 111. Intestinal gases, 112. 



Of the secretion and excursion of the urine, 113. Of the caliber of 

 the renal arteries, structure of the kidneys, 114. Action of the kidneys 

 and ureters, 115. Accumulation of the urine within the bladder, 117. 

 In what manner itis expelled, 1 18. Physical qualities of the urine, 119. 

 Chemical analyses of this fluid, urea, 120. Its retention produces urir 

 nous fever, 121. Experiments on the effects attending retention of urine 

 by tying the ureters, in living animals, 122. Urinary calculi, why most 

 frequent in cold and damp climates, 124125. 



CHAPTER II. 



Of Msorfition, 125. 



Absorption takes place, in every part of the body, both on its surface 

 and in its internal parts, 125. Absorption more or less active in differ- 

 ent circumstances, 125. Its activity is very slight on the external sur- 

 face, except where the skin is thin and epidermis moist, 126. 



Absorbing mouths, 130. Their mode of action, in absorption, 130. 

 Of the lymphatics, 131. Their innumerable anastomoses, from the 

 union of which there is formed a mesh-work enveloping the whole body, 

 132. Pathological inferences, 133. 



Of the conglobate glands, 134. Their action, 104. Circulation of 

 the lymph, 134. Observations on cancer, 135. 



Of the thoracic duct, 136. Of the physical and chemical properties 

 of the lymph, 137. 



CHAPTER III. 

 Of the Circulation, 139. 



Definition and general idea of this function, 139. Of the action of 

 the heart ; uses of the pericardium, 140. Connexion between the bulk 

 of the heart, and strength and courage, 140. Singular case of commu- 

 nication between the two ventricles, 141. Structure of the heart, 142. 

 Action of the heart, in circulation, 144. Shortening and pulsation of 

 the heart, every time the ventricles contract, 145 146. The quantity 

 of blood which these cavities send out, along the arteries, 147. 



Action of the arteries, 147; their arrangement and anastomoses, 148, 

 Of the structure of the arteries, the force and contractility of their dif- 

 ferent coats, 149. Dilatation of the arteries, 149. Of the pulse and. it* 

 "ties. 154. Velocity of the circulation aJong the arteries. \*~. 





