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Principles of general and comparative physiology : intended as an introduction to the study of human physiology : and as a guide to the philosophical pursuit of natural history / by William B. Carpenter, M.D.

  • Carpenter, William Benjamin, 1813-1885.
Date:
1841
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Principles of general and comparative physiology : intended as an introduction to the study of human physiology : and as a guide to the philosophical pursuit of natural history / by William B. Carpenter, M.D. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    N.B.—The Numbers refer to the Paragraphs. CHAPTER XI—ON THE SECRETIONS IN GENERAL. General Considerations . : Secretion in Vegetables . : . Secretion in Animals CHAPTER XII.—EVOLUTION OF LIGHT, HEAT, AND ELECTRICITY, Evolution of Light. General Considerations in Vegetables ° . . . —in Animals . i E : ‘ Evolution of Heat. General Considerations : § : in Vegetables : : : : ; in Animals : Evolution of Hlectricity. General Considerations ——__--—_____—_—__—- in Vegetables. ; in Animals é e . 2 ° . - . . CHAPTER XIII.—ON THE REPRODUCTION OF ORGANISED BEINGS. General Considerations Reproduction in Vegetables Reproduction in Animals CHAPTER XIV.—SUBORDINATE LAWS REGULATING REPROLCUCTION. Distinction of Species Laws of Hybridity : . . e Hereditary Transmission of acquired peculiarities CHAPTER XV.=—=SENSIBLE MOTIONS OF LIVING BEINGS. Of Contractility in General : : ; : Manifestations of Contractility in Vegetables Muscular Contractility in Animals ° ‘ ° . . CHAPTER XVI.—FUNCTIONS OF THE NERVOUS SYSTEM. General Characters in different Classes of Animals Functions of the Symmetrical (cerebro-spinal) system. ‘ ; : Functions of the Asymmetrical (sympathetic or ganglionic) system CHAPTER XVII.—OF THE MARKS OF DESIGN IN ORGANISED STRUCTURES. Final Causes : Inferences of Design to be rather drawn from /aws than from individual facts 506 511 524 541 542 543 548 549 552 568 571 573