Animal physiology / by John G. M'Kendrick.

  • John Gray McKendrick
Date:
1877
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Animal physiology / by John G. M'Kendrick. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    ANIMAL PHYSIOLOGY. Physiology treats of the functions of living beings. It consists of two great divisions, Animal Physiology and Vege- table Physiology. As the latter belongs to the province of the botanist, we have nothing directly to do with it in this work, which will be devoted to a short exposition of the chief facts relating to the mechanism of the animal body, and more especially to that of the body of man. For the sake of convenience, the subject may be divided into General and Special Physiology. I.-GENERAL PHYSIOLOGY. This includes a description of (i) the anatomy or struc- ture of the body, as it is revealed to us by dissection ; (2) the chemical elements and compounds of which the body is composed; and (3) a general view of the body during that state of activity which we denominate life. THE GENERAL ANATOMY OF THE BODY. When the body of a man is looked at by the uninitiated, it appears to be so complex in structure as almost to baffle investigation, but, in the course of ages, men have suc- ceeded by dissection in obtaining a tolerably accurate knowledge of the parts of which it is composed, so far as these can be seen by the naked eye. In more recent times, also, the microscope has been used for the examina- tion of the minute structure of every organ and tissue; so that, while the department of microscopic anatomy is still
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