Class II. Functions' 
which serve for the pre- . . 
servation of the species. C>iciss I* Functions which sewe jov the pvesei vcttion of the individual • (Individual life.} 
(Life of the species. ) 
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PHYSIOLOGY, 
Plan of a new Classification of the Functions of Life, 
Order I. 
Functions which 
assimilate the ali- 
ment by which the 
body is nourished. 
( Assimilating , in- 
ternal, or digestive 
functions.) 
Genus 1 . Digestion extracts 
the nutritive part. 
Genus 2. Absorption carries 
it into the mass of humours. 
Genus 3. Circulation pro- 
pels it towards the organs. 
Order II. 
Functions which 
form connections 
with surrounding^ 
objects. 
(. External or rela- 
tive functions.) 
Reception of the food, 
Mastication, 
Solution by the saliva. 
Deglutition, 
Digestion in the stomach, 
duodenum 
intestines, 
Excretion of the faeces and urine. 
Inhalation of chyle, 
lymph. 
Action of vessels, 
glands, 
the thoracic duct, 
Action of the heart, 
arteries, 
capillary vessels, 
t, veins. 
( Action of the parietes of the thorax. 
Genus 4. Respiration com- \ lungs, 
bines it with atmospheric oxy-< Alteration of the air, 
gen. j in the blood, 
( Disengagement of animal heat. 
Genus 5. Secretion causes. f Exhalation, 
it to pass through several mo- ] Secretion by follicles, 
difications. _ ( " glands. 
Genus 6. Nutrition applies h 
it to organs, to which it is to (Different in every part according to the peculiar 
supply growth and restore f composition of each. 
L their loss. ) 
( the sight, 
\ hearing, 
'Organs of < smell, 
i taste, 
' ^ ( feeling. 
Action of nerves, 
the brain. 
Human understanding, 
Sleep and watching. 
Dreaming and sleep-walking. 
Sympathy, 
• Habit. 
Genus?. Motionsvpproach (?^ a T “ d muscular motion, 

( Place. 
rWalking, 
Running, 
Progressive motions, ) ^ u, PP' n ?> 
° j Swimming, 
Flying, 
L Creeping. 
_ fTUo S Articulated, or speech, 
Genus 3. The f oice and ’ ( Modulated, or singing. 
Speech cause it to communi- j Stammering, 
cate with similar beings with-h Lisping, 
out change ot place. I Dumbness, 
^Ventriloquism. 
Genus 1 . Sensations in- 
form the being of their. pre- J 
sence. 
towards 
them. 
Order I. } 
Functions which/ „ 
require the concur- f Conception and Generation. 
renceofboth sexes, j 
Order II. 
Functions which 
exclusively belong' 
to females. 
Gestation . 
Delivery. 
Lactation. 
Growth. 
( General differences of the sexes, 
< Hermaphrodism, 
( Systems relative to generation. 
4 Of the uterus in a state of impregnation, 
-] History of the embryo, 
( foetus and its membranes. 
5 Of the uterus after delivery, 
( The lochiae. 
( Action of the breasts, 
i Milk. 
t Infancy — dentition, ossification, 
J Puberty — menstruation, 
j Adolescence, 
(Youth. 
