Text-book of Physiology

Abstract

THIS volume consists of 1258 pages of text, 97 pages of indices (subjects and authors), and is illustrated by 449 woodcuts. There is no preface. The following epitome shows the subjects dealt with, their respective authors, and, in brackets, the length of each article:—“Mechanism of the Circulation of the Blood,” by L. Hill (1–168); “Contraction of Cardiac Muscle,” by W. H. Gaskell (169–227); “Animal Mechanics” (228–273), “Sense of Taste” (1237–1245), “Smell” (1246–1258), J. B. Haycraft; “Muscular and Nervous Mechanism” of “Respiratory Movements” (274–312), of the “Digestive”(313–337) “Urinary”(338–346) and “Generative Tracts” (347–351), E. H. Starling; “Properties of Striped Muscle” (352–450), J. Burdon Sanderson; “Nerve”(451–560), “Electrical Organs” (561–591), Francis Gotch; “Nerve Cell” (592–615), “Cerebral Cortex” (697–782), E. A. Schäfer; “Sympathetic Nervous System” (616–696), J. N. Langley; “Spinal Cord” (783–883) and “Parts of Brain below Cerebral Cortex” (884–919), “Cutaneous Sensations” (920–1001) and “Muscular Sense” (1002–1025), C. S. Sherrington; “Vision” (1026–1148), W. H. R. Rivers; “Ear” (1149–1205), “Vocal Sounds” (1206–1236), J. G. McKendrick and Albert A. Gray.

Text-book of Physiology.

Edited by E. A. Schäfer. Vol. ii. Pp. xxiv. + 1365. (Edinburgh and London: Young J. Pentland, 1900.)