PROLEGOMENA.
GENERAL OBSERVATIONS ON ORGANIC TEXTURE.
| Section I. |
| 1st. Of the organic texture of animals. |
| 2d. Of simple textures, in general. |
| 3d. Of organs, in general. |
| 4th. Of the apparatus, in general.[4] |
| Section II. | ||
| 1st. Of the properties of texture. | ||
| 2d. Division of the properties of texture. | Extensibility. | |
| Contractility. | 1st. By want of extension. | |
| 2d. By horny hardening. | ||
| 3d. Characters of the properties of texture. | ||
GENERAL OBSERVATIONS UPON LIFE.
| Section I. | ||
| 1st. Of life and its functions. | ||
| 2d. Classification of functions | Of those relating to the individual. | Animal functions. |
| Organic functions. | ||
| Of those relating to the species. | Functions of the male. | |
| Functions of the female. | ||
| Functions relating to the union of the sexes, andthe product of this union. | ||
| 3d. Of the differences and relations that exist between the two classes of functions. | ||
| 4th. Of the differences and relations that exist between the two orders of the first class. | ||
| 5th. Of the differences and relations that exist between the three orders of the first class. | ||
| Section II. | ||
| 1st. Of the vital properties. | ||
| 2d. Division of the vital properties | Animal properties | Sensibility. |
| Contractility. | ||
| Organic properties | Sensibility. | |
| Sensible and insensible contractility. | ||
| 3d. Characters of the vital properties. | ||
| 4th. Of the causes which modify the | Habit. | |
| Sex. | ||
| Climate. | ||
| Seasons. | ||
| Age, &c. | ||
| 5th. Of the peculiar differences of the vitalproperties, in each simple texture, in each individual | Of that which is called individual life. | |
| 6th. Of the general differences of the vitalproperties in different individuals | Of temperament. | |
| Of the passions. | ||
| Of the character. | ||
| 7th. Sympathies of vital properties. | ||
| 8th. Division of sympathies | Animal sympathies | Of sensibility. |
| Of contractility. | ||
| Organic sympathies | Of sensible contractility. | |
| Of insensible contractility. | ||