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INDEX. 
Blindness, congenital, on the cure of, with physiological observations, 59. 
Blood, corpuscles of the, on the, Part II., 201. Blood corpuscle, compound form of its nucleus, 
202. Orifice in the membrane of the, 204. Analogy with the germinal vesicle, ibid. Ob- 
servations on, made by Di Torre in 1761, ibid. Some of them confirmed, 205. Appendix, 
206. Difference in the form of the blood-corpuscle in the mammal and that of other verte- 
brata, 207. One cause of this difference, ibid. The disc the most primitive object we are 
acquainted with, 209. Explanation of the plates, 210. 
Blood, corpuscles of the, on the, Part III., 217. Every structure arises out of corpuscles having 
the same appearance as corpuscles of the blood, ibid. The globules of pus derived from 
corpuscles of the blood : mucus-globules compared with them, 219. Epithelium-tables, cells 
and cylinders compared with them, 22 3. The elements of the pigmentum nigrum, and those 
of the ciliary processes compared with them, 225. The primitive discs exhibit an inherent 
contractile power, 226. The nuclei of blood-corpuscles furnish themselves with cilia, revolve, 
and perform locomotion, ibid. Molecular motions discernible within blood-corpuscles, 227. 
The elements of blood-vessels compared with them, 228. The elements of cellular tissue 
compared with them, 229. The elements of the corpus luteum derived from them, 230. 
The elements of cartilage and other tissues compared with them, 231. The elements of ner- 
vous tissue compared with them, 232. The elements of muscular tissue compared with 
them, 235. The elements of the crystalline lens compared with them, 236. The elements 
of the spermatozoon and those of the ovum compared with them, 241. Recapitulation, 244. 
Postscript, ibid. Explanation of the plates, 246. 
Blood-vessels, the elements of, compared with corpuscles of the blood, 228. 
Bowman (William, Esq.). Additional note on the contraction of voluntary muscle in the living 
body, 69. 
Brewster (Sir David, K.H.). On a remarkable property of the diamond, 41. 
. On the phenomena of thin plates of solid and fluid substances 
exposed to polarized light, 43. 
C. 
Cartilage (articular), researches tending to prove the non-vascularity and the peculiar uniform 
mode of organization and nutrition of, and the cartilage of different classes of fibro-cartilage, 
159. First stage of development of, 163. Second stage, 165. Adult, 169. 
(Fibro-), of the structure of, 174. First and second class of, ibid. Structure of first 
class of, 175. Structure of second class, 176. Vessels of first class, 177. Vessels of the 
second class, 178. I. The cornea, 179. 2. The crystalline lens, 183. 3. The vitreous 
body or humour, 184. The third class of non-vascular animal tissues : of the epithelium, 
the epidermis, nails and claws, hoofs of various kinds, hair and bristles, feathers, horn and 
teeth, 185 — 188. Explanation of the plates, 189. 
Cartilage, the elements of, compared with corpuscles of the blood, 231. 
Cellular tissue, the elements of, compared with corpuscles of the blood, 229. 
Chorda dorsalis, on the, 195. Growth of the, at the earliest periods, in what it consists, 199. 
Chorion, further particulars respecting its formation out of cells, 193. 
Ciliary processes, the elements of the, compared with corpuscles of the blood, 225. 
Circle, computation of the ratio of the diameter to the circumference to 208 places of decimals, 281 . 
Claws, the, one of a class of non-vascular animal tissues, 185. 
