RAPE-continued.

distinctions respecting, 381.

enactments respecting, 382, 397.
what deemed sufficient proof of, 382, 397.
expediency of alteration of law, 382.
males under the age of 14 cannot commit
crime of, 383.

RATIONE TENURÆ,

infant when liable for not repairing, 441.
REACTION,

operation of, described, 44.

REASON. See Mind.
defined, 332.

power of, 332.

false reasoning, 332.

power of limited in idiots, &c. 332.

RECREATION,

essential to health, 466.

legislative enactments respecting, 467.

RECTUM,

meaning of term, 7, 8.

its technical application, 8.

administering nutriment through, 181.
description of, 209.

diseases of, 209.

injuries to, 209.

RED GLOBULES,

in the blood, 162.

presence of accounted for, 162.

health of body indicated by, 162.
quantity of, 162.

composition and properties of, 162.

RELIGION AND MORALITY,

influence of, considered, 367 to 372.

RENAL CAPSULES,

view of, plate, 140.

RENAL VEIN,

view of, plate, 140.
REPULSION,

of atoms in the human frame, 14.
RESENTMENT,

effect of, on the mind and health, 318.
RESINOUS SECRETION,
described, 235.
RESPIRATION,

organs of, described, 31, 34, 92, 93.
one of the principal vital functions, 31,
32, 34.

general view of the function of respiration,

92.

I. Enumeration of organs and parts, 93 to
103.

1. Nostrils, 93.
2. Mouth, 94.
3. Os Hyoides, 94.
injuries to, 96.
plate of, 94.

9. Thorax, 98.

10. The diaphragm, 98.

diseases and injuries of, 99.

11. The bronchial tubes, 99.
plate of, 127.

12. The lungs, 100.

plates of, 94, 127, 140.

the mediastinum, 100.
internal construction of, 100.
dimensions and capacity, 100.

contents of, 101..
bronchial arteries, 101.
pulmonary arteries, 101.
plate of, 125, 127.
exhalation from, 102.
colour of, 102.

size and weight of, 102.

motion of, 102.

muscles of, 102.

nerves thereof, 102.

13. The pleuræ, 103.

diseases of, 103.

straining, 116.

coughing, 116.

wheezing, 116.

sneezing, 116.

laughing, 117.

weeping, crying, or sobbing, 117,
hickup, 117.

vomiting, belching, and retching,

117.
snoring, 117.

IV. Of defects, diseases, and injuries, affect-

REST,

ing these organs, 117.

of malformation of the lungs, 117.
diseases of, in general, 118.

peripneumonia or pneumonia, 118.
phthisis pulmonalis, 118.

preventives and remedies, 119.

pulmonary catarrh or bronchitis, 120.
when termed asthma, 120.

when emphysema, 120.

hæmoptysis or pulmonary apoplexy,

120.

dropsy or œdema, 120.

cancer, 120.

pleuritis or pleurisy, 120.

operation of paracentesis, 121.

pneuma thorax, 121.

angina pectoris, 121.

paracentesis, or tapping of the tho-
rax, 121.

empyema and emphysema, 121.
bronchocele, or goitre or Derbyshire
neck, 121.

empresma laryngitis and cynanche
laryngea, 121.

empresma bronchleminitis or croup,
122.

injuries occasioning asphyxia, 122.
introduction of fresh oxygenated air
by bellows, 122.
other injuries, &c. 123.

of transpiration, evaporation, and
transudation, 123.

quantity requisite, 467.
enactments respecting, 467.
punishment for disturbances to, 468.
RETCHING, 117, 194.
RETE MUCOSUM. See Skin.
description of, 430.
RETINA. See Eye.

of eye, described, 295.

presence and utility of, in the blood, 155.
utility of, in food, 456.

therefore exempt from taxation, 456.
SANGUINEOUS TEMPERAMENT,
described, 50.

SCAPULA, or SHOULDER BLADE,
description of, 72.

plate showing situation of, 54.
SCIENTIFIC TERMS,

necessity for the proper use of, 6.
SCROTUM, 240, 379.
SECRETION, FUNCTION OF,

I. Definition and description of, 231.
process of, described, 231.

a principal vital function, 32.

II. Organs of secretion, 32, 232, 242.
are but little known, 231.
glands of secretion, 232.
description of, 232.
nerves of, 232.

conglomerate glands, 233.

III. The different secretions, 233 to 235.
their useful purposes, 21.
description of, 233.

influence of the nerves on secretion,233.
enumeration of, 234, 235.

1. The aqueous described, 234, 431.
2. The albuminous, 234.
3. Mucous, 234.

4. Gelatinous, 234.

5. Fibrinous, 234.

6. Oleaginous, 235.

IV. Diseases of in general, 235.

V. The kidneys and organs of secretion of
urine, &c. 235.

the kidney described, 235.

use and functions of, 236.
diseases of, 237.

injuries to, 237.
glands of, 237.

the ureters, 238.

described, 238.

use and function of, 238.

the bladder, 238.

described, 238.
diseases of, 239.
injuries to, 239.

the urethra, 239.

described, 239.

differs in the sexes, 239.
its utility, 239.
diseases of, 240.

the prostate gland, 240.
described, 240.

the scrotum, 240.

described, 240.
diseases of, 240.

secretion of urine, 241.

importance of, 241.
diseases of urine, 241.
deviations from, 241.

VI. The skin an important organ of, 430,
431.

SECRETIVENESS,

organ of, described, 254. See Phrenology.
SELF-ADJUSTMENT, 43, 44.

SELF-ESTEEM,

organ of, described, 254. See Phreno-
logy.

SEMEN. See Generation.
described, 379.

secretion of, 380.

when it commences, 384.

animalcules in, 380.

how absorbed, 393.

existence of, in female disputed, 393.

SENSES-continued.

1. Sight, 291.

organs of, 290. See Eyes,
Sight.

general observations respecting,
290 to 300.
description of, 300.

2. Hearing, 301. See Ears, Hear-
ing.

organs of, 301 to 304.

3. Smell, 304. See Smell.

sense and organs of, 304.

4. Taste and tasting, 306. See Taste.
sense and organs of, 306.

5. Touch and external feeling, 306.
organ of, 306, 307. See Touch.
6. Motion, 308.

7. Speech and voice. See Speech.

SENSIBILITY, 45.

SENSITIVENESS, 45.

power of, considered, 45.

SENSORIAL NERVES. See Nerves.
described, 275.

plates of entire skeleton, 54.

of disarticulated bones of the head, 259.
of bones at base of skull, 261.
of section of head, 264.
of vertebral column, 387.
of pelvis, 387.

is composed of about 260 bones, 14, 56.
list or table of, 54, 68.

I. Of the skeleton and bones in general,
55 to 76.

First, In connexion with their joints and
the muscles and tendons, 55.
Secondly, Importance of the knowledge
of bones, 56, 57,

to lawyers as well as medical men,
56, 57.

Thirdly, General utility of bones, 57.
Fourthly, Form and several sorts of bones,