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INDEX TO VOL. I. 



shape and size of eyes, 168 ; squinting 

 and gutta serena, 169. 



F. 



Fallopian tubes, 191. 



Fat, or oil, 163. 



Fear, 267. 



Firs, Scotch, experiments on, 842. 



Foetus, 195. 



Food, 135. 



"Fossils, Extraneous," Hunter's memoir 



upon, 281 ; definition of, in Hunter's 



time, 297. 



G. 



Gall-bladder, 157. 



Generation, 184; act of, 186; circum- 

 stances influencing, and organs of,187 ; 

 in niollusca, 221 ; in insects, 223 ; 

 miscellaneous observations on, 228. 



Geotrupes sterc&rarius, 93. 



Gnat, 102. 



Grasshopper, economy of, 96. 



Growth of trees, 348. 



H. 



Hearing, organ of, 171. 



Heart, 128. 



Heat, animal, 120. 



Hermaphroditism, 249. 



Hornets, economy of, 73. 



Horses, motion of, 57 ; effect of medicine 



on, 58 ; teeth in, 141. 

 Hunter, John, his paper on Extraneotis 



Fossils, 281 ; his posthumous paper, 



297 ; as a surgeon in Portugal, 327 ; 



rupture of his iendo Achillis, 255, 378. 

 Hydrachna, 108. 



I. 



Iehnology, 299. 



Injection, directions for, 385. 



Insects, external characters and senses, 

 104; nourishment, fat, food, 105; di- 

 gestion, teeth, and weapons,106 ; heart, 

 blood, and circulation,107 ; respiratory 

 organs, 108 ; generative organs, 223 ; 

 metamorphosis in, 227. 



Instinct, 276. 



Intestines, 148. 



K. 



Kidneys, 158 ; notes on, 162. 

 Knowledge, three modes of acquiring, 

 370. 



Life, principle of, 113 ; its union with 

 body, nature, and degrees, 114 ; mu- 

 tual attraction of parts for union, 115 ; 

 simple life, 115 ; catises unfavourable 

 to, 119 ; degree of excitements and 



sedatives, 119 ; dependence of, on 

 respiration, 121 ; periods of, 271 ; ve- 

 getable, 341. 



Ligaments, 384. 



Limnea stagnate, 221. 



Liver, 155. 



Lubricating fluids, 154. 



Lunibricus terrestris, 109. 



Lymphatic glands, 152, 153. 



Man, natural history of, 39 ; superiority 

 of, 40 ; use of feet in, 40 ; bow-leg in, 

 41 ; distinction from monkey, 43 ; uses 

 of animals to, 45. 



Martyrs of science, 301. 



Matter, definition of, 6 ; its qualities and 

 attributes, 8 ; animal matter, 12. 



Melolontha vulgaris, 95. 



Menses, 193. 



Mind, 256 ; presence of, 264. 



Monkey, compared with man, 43. 



Monsters, 239 ; in crystals, 240 ; in ve- 

 getables, 241, 368 ;' before birth, 243 ; 

 after birth, 245 ; hereditary, 246 ; in 

 particular species, 248 ; miscellaneous 

 notes on, 250. 



Morphology, foreshadowed by Hunter, 

 10 note. 



Moth, white evening, 100 ; generation 

 of, 223. 



Motion in vegetables, 356. 



N. 



Natural history, introduction to, 1 ; the 



study of, 24. 

 Nerves, 163. 



Newt, progressive motion of, 57. 

 Nipples, position of, 233. 



| O. 



Oesophagus, 144. 

 | Oil or fat, 163. 

 i Orbit, 167. 



j Ossification of cylindrical bones, 379; 

 distinct points of, 378. 



Ostrea edulis, generation of, 222. 



Ovaria, 190. 



Oviducts, 191. 



Oyster, 222. 



P. 



Palaeontology, Prof. Owen's first lecture 

 on, 281 ; a science not neglected by 

 Hunter, 286 ; incidentally treated by 

 him in its chemical aspect, 287; the 

 geographical distribution of animals, 

 291 ; relation of time to geological phe- 

 nomena, 292, 309 ; Hunter's MS. on 

 fossils, 293 ; Prof. Owen's second lec- 

 ture on, 296 ; his third lecture, 297 ; 

 definition of fossils, in Hunter's time, 



