A Systematic Treatise On Comparative Physiology Vol 1

Excerpt from A Systematic Treatise on Comparative Physiology, Vol. 1: Introductory to the Physiology of Man The principal inquiry, however, included in the science of human physi ology is into the demonstrations of power, which we call the life of man. In this scrutiny the phenomena exhibited, and the properties enjoyed by the different tissues and organs are to be divided into classes, according to their several resemblances and differences at the same time that attempts must be made to discover the conditions and powers under whose influences such phenomena are generated and maintained. To establish the laws by which the powers enter into action, and to learn in what manner the life of man, or the sum of all his active manifestations is produced and maintained by the mutual play of the power, also form part of the task. Finally, a con sideration of all the vital phenomena, as well in the different organs and isolated apparatus as in their connexion one with another and in their mutual dependance, is the great object of physiology. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.