CHAP. VI. 



ON THE MANIFESTATION OF CUBBENT FOEOE DUEINfl 

 NUTBITION. IN THE MCTSCtTLAB TISSUE. IN THE 

 NEEVOUS TISSUE. 



I HAVE now arrived at a point of my subject whieh 

 has unfortunately been a source of some dispute and 

 bitter controversy ; into this, however, it will not be 

 necessary for me to enter : and as my chief object 

 will be to point out the origin or cause of the 

 principal effects observed, rather than to give an 

 elaborate and detailed account of all the facts that 

 have been obtained, I shall not go so fully into the 

 subject as might be expected, but endeavour to be 

 as concise as possible, not omitting any thing of 

 importance. 



The question, whether Nutrition is accompanied 

 with the manifestation of Current Force, will be 

 considered under two heads. First, in regard to the 

 Muscular Tissue; and secondly, in regard to the 

 Nervous Tissue. 



Sect. I. On the Manifestation of Current Force during 

 Nutrition in the Muscular Tissue. 

 I have already alluded to the circumstance in 

 chap. i. that so far back as 1837, Nobili, in some 



