Lessons in elementary physiology / by Thomas H. Huxley.

Date:
1866
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Credit: Lessons in elementary physiology / by Thomas H. Huxley. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh. The original may be consulted at the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh.

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    CONTENTS. LESSON 1. A General View of the Structure and Functions OF THE Human Body. Pp. 1—20. § 1. Modes of studying the actions of man^s body. 2. Furpose of these Lessons. 3. Experimental proof that a living active man gives out heat, exerts mechanical force, and loses substance in the form of carbonic acid, water, and other matters. 4, 5. These losses made good by the talcing in of air, drinh, and food., 6. Balance of bodily income and expenditure. 7. Work and waste; the body compared to a steam-engine. S. General build of the body—head, trunh, and limbs. 9. The vertebrcB and spinal €ord. The cavities of the trunk. 10. The human body a double tube. 11. The tissues. Integument 12. Connective tissue. 13. Muscle. 14. The skeleton. 15. The maintenance of an upright position the result of many combined actions. 16. The relation of the mind to the action of tJie muscles. h 2