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CONTENTS OF VOL. I.
| Introduction | [Page 1] | |
| CHAPTER I. | ||
| Characters by which living beings are distinguished frominorganic bodies—Characters by which animals aredistinguished from plants—Actions common to plants andanimals—Actions peculiar to animals—Actions includedin the ORGANIC circle—Actions included in the ANIMALcircle—Organs and functions defined—Action of physicalagents on organized structures—Processes of supply, andprocesses of waste—Reasons why the structure of theanimal is more complex than that of the plant | [13] | |
| CHAPTER II. | ||
| Two distinct lives combined in the animal—Characters ofthe apparatus of the organic life—Characters of theapparatus of the animal life—Characteristic differencesin the action of each—Progress of life—Progress ofdeath | [51] | |
| CHAPTER III. | ||
| Ultimate object of organization and life—Sources | ||
| of pleasure—Special provision by which the organicorgans influence consciousness and afford pleasure—Pointat which the organic organs cease to affect consciousnessand why—The animal appetites: the senses: the intellectualfaculties: the selfish and sympathetic affections: the moralfaculty—Pleasure the direct, the ordinary, and thegratuitous result of the action of the organs—Pleasureconducive to the development of the organs, and tothe continuance of their action—Progress of humanknowledge—Progress of human happiness | [73] | |
| CHAPTER IV. | ||
| Relation between the physical condition and happiness, andbetween happiness and longevity—Longevity a good, andwhy—Epochs of life—The age of maturity the only onethat admits of extension—Proof of this from physiology—Prooffrom statistics—Explanation of terms—Life a fluctuatingquantity—Amount of it possessed in ancient Rome: in modernEurope: at present in England among the mass of the peopleand among the higher classes | [106] | |
| CHAPTER V. | ||
| Ultimate elements of which the body is composed—Proximate principles—Fluids and solids—Primary tissues—Combinations—Results—Organs, systems, apparatus—Form of the body—Division into head, trunk, andextremities—Structure and function of each—Regions—Seats of the more important internal organs | [148] | |
| CHAPTER VI. | ||
| Of the blood—Physical characters of the blood: colour, fluidity,specific gravity, temperature; quantity—Process of coagulation—Constituents of the blood; proportions—Constituents of thebody contained in the blood—Vital properties of the blood—Practical applications | [334] | |
| CHAPTER VII. | ||
| Of the circulation—Vessels connected with the heart;chambers of the heart—Position of the heart—Pulmoniccircle; systemic circle—Structure of the heart, artery, andvein—Consequences of the discovery of the circulationto the discoverer—Action of the heart; sounds occasionedby its different movements—Contraction; dilatation—Dispositionand action of the valves—Powers that move the blood—Force of the heart—Action of the arterial tubes; the pulse;action of the capillaries; action of the veins—Self-movingpower of the blood—Vital endowment of the capillaries;functions—Practical applications | [357] | |
| FOOTNOTES. | [408] |