An elementary compendium of physiology : for the use of students / by F. Magendie ; translated from the French with copious notes, tables, and illustrations, by E. Milligan.

  • Magendie, François, 1783-1855. Précis élémentaire de physiologie. English
Date:
1829
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Credit: An elementary compendium of physiology : for the use of students / by F. Magendie ; translated from the French with copious notes, tables, and illustrations, by E. Milligan. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by University of Bristol Library. The original may be consulted at University of Bristol Library.

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    Page Double Object of Instinct, - . „ jjq Man possesses two sorts of Instinct, Social and Animal, ib. Animal Instinct, - - - ib Social Instinct, - . . _ Of the Passions, -- . . j jg Man subject to two sorts of Passions, Animal and Social, ib. Animal Passions, - - - ib Social Passions, • - - ib Seat of the Passions, - . j | g Of the Voice and its Actions, - . p,. Of Muscular Contraction, . . jj,. Nerves of Sense and Nerves of Motion, . 120 Nerves of the Face, - - 121 Apparatus of Muscular Contraction, - - ib. Of the Muscles, - . 56. Of the Muscular Fibre—Composition, - ib. Phenomena of Muscular Contraction, - 123 Hypothesis respecting Muscular Contraction, - ib. Intensity of Muscular Contraction—Athlctae, - ib. Zigzag flexion of Muscles, - _ - ib. Muscular Fibres while contracted are not shortened, ] 24> Duration of Muscular Contractions, - - 125 Of Fatigue, ib. Velocity of Contractions, • - . ib. Extent of Contractions, - - - 126 Phenomena not to be confounded with Muscular Action, ib. Modifications of Muscular Contraction in different ages, ib. Muscular Contraction in the Fetus, - - ib. Infant, - 127 Manhood, - ib. Old Age, different ages, ib. Of the Voice, * - - ib. Of Wind Instruments, - - - 128 Mouth Instruments, * ib. Reed Instruments, - - ■ 129 Of the Reed—the tone depends on it, - ib. Tube of Reed Instruments—its influence, - ib. Harmony of the Tube with the Reed, - ■ ib.