Outlines of comparative physiology : touching the structure and development of the races of animals, living and extinct for the use of schools and colleges / by Louis Agassiz and A.A. Gould ; edited from the revised ed. and greatly enl. by Thomas Wright.

  • Agassiz, Louis, 1807-1873.
Date:
1855
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Credit: Outlines of comparative physiology : touching the structure and development of the races of animals, living and extinct for the use of schools and colleges / by Louis Agassiz and A.A. Gould ; edited from the revised ed. and greatly enl. by Thomas Wright. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    TABLE OF CONTENTS.. INTRODUCTION Page xix CHAPTER FIRST. The Sphere and fundamental Principles of Zoology . 1 CHAPTER SECOND. General Properties of Organized Bodies .... 9 SECTION I. Organized and Unorganized Bodies ... . . 9 SECTION II. Elementary Structure of Organized Bodies . . . . 10 SECTION III. Differences between Animals and Plants 20 CHAPTER THIRD Organs and Functions of Animal Life 28 SECTION I. Of the Nervous System and General Sensation . . . .28 Structure of the primary Fibres of Nerves, 29—Termination of the primary Fibres, 34—The Cerebro-spinal system of Man— The Cerebrum, 40—The Cerebellum, 41—The Optic Lobes, 42— The Spinal Cord, 42—Nervous system of Fishes, 44—Amphibia, 45—Scaly Reptiles, 45—Birds, 45—Mammalia, 46—Cerebral Nerves, 49—Nervous system of Articulata, 54—Conchifera, 55— Gasteropoda, 55—Cephalopoda, 56—Radiata, 57. SECTION II. Of the Special Senses 58 1. Of Sight, 58—The Eye, 58—Dioptrics of the Human Eye, 60 —2. Of Hearing, 70—Comparative Anatomy of the Organ of Hearing, 70—80—3. Of Smell, 80—The Nose, 80—4 Of Taste, 81—5. Of Touch, 82—6. The Voice, 83.