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CONTENTS. 



XI. GENERAL PHYSIOLOGY OF THE NERVES AND 

 ELECTRO-PHYSIOLOGY. 



sl-.i TION 



321. Structure ami Arrangement of the Nerve-Elements, 



322. Chemical ami Mechanical Properties of Nerve-Substance 



323. Metabolism of Nerves, .... 



324. Excitability of Nerves Stimuli, .... 



325. Diminution of Excitability Defeneration and Regeneration of Ner 



326. The Galvanic Current, . . 



327. Action of the Galvanic Current Galvanometer, 



328. Electrolysis, .... 



329. Induction Extra-Current Magneto-Induction, 



330. Du Bois-Reymond's Inductorium, 



331. Electrical Currents in Passive Muscle and Nerve, 



332. Currents of Stimulated Muscle and Nerve, 



333. Currents in Nerve and Muscle during Electrotonus, 



334. Theories of Muscle and Nerve Currents, 



335. Electrotonic Alteration of. the Excitability, 



336. Electrotonus Law of Contraction, . , . 



337. Rapidity of Transmission of Nervous Impulses, 



338. Double Conduction in Nerves, 



339. Therapeutical Uses of Electricity Reaction of Degeneration 



340. Electrical Charging of the Body, . . 



341. Comparative Historical, . ..... 



XII. PHYSIOLOGY OF THE PERIPHERAL NERVES. 



342. Classification of Nerve- Fibres, 



343. Nervus Olfactorius, . 



344. Nervus Opticus, . . . 



345. Nervus Oculomotorius, 



346. Nervus Trochlears, . . 



347. Nervus Trigeminus, . 



348. Nervus Abducens, . . 



349. Nervus Facialis, 



350. Nervus Acusticus, 



351. Nervus Glosso-pharyngeus, 



352. Nervus Vagus, 



353. Nervus Accessories, . 



354. Nervus Hypoglossus, 



355. The Spinal Nerves, . 



356. The Sympathetic Nerve, 



357. Comparative Historical, 



XIII. PHYSIOLOGY OF THE NERVE CENTRES. 



358. General, . ... 



359. Structure of the Spinal Cord, 



360. Spinal reflexes, 



361. Inhibition of the reflexes, 



362. Centres in the Spinal Cord, . 



363. Excitability of the Spinal Cord, 



364. The Conducting Paths in the Spinal Cord, 



365. General Schema of the Brain, 



366. The Medulla Oblongata, 



