Lessons in elementary physiology : by Thomas H. Huxley ... ed. for the use of American schools and colleges by Frederic S. Lee.

  • Huxley, Thomas Henry, 1825-1895.
Date:
1900
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Credit: Lessons in elementary physiology : by Thomas H. Huxley ... ed. for the use of American schools and colleges by Frederic S. Lee. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    CONTENTS LESSON I A GENERAL VIEW OF THE STRUCTURE AND FUNC- TIONS OF THE HUMAN BODY PAGE SEC. I The Work of the Body as a Whole 10 2. The General Build of the Body 2. The Tissues 4. The Skeleton C. The Erect Position I? 20 6. Sensory Organs . . • •• 7. The Renewal of the Tissues 2I 8. Alimentary Organs 9. Circulatory Organs 10. Excretory Organs 23 11. Respiratory Organs 3 12. Coordinating Action of the Nervous System ... 25 13. Life and Death (i) Local Death 2° 26 27 2$ u- (ii) General Death Modes of Death 27 15. Decomposition of the Body LESSON II THE MINUTE STRUCTURE OF THE TISSUES Every Tissue a Compound Structure 3° The Embryonic Tissues and the Cells. Protoplasm . • 31 The Body starts as a Single < 'ell, the Ovum, which then divides into Primitive Cells 32 Tii