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Title CHAPTER I: THE STRUCTURE OF THE NEURON CHAPTER II: THE METABOLISM OF NEURONS CHAPTER III: RELATIONS OF NEURONS CHAPTER IV: THE PHYSIOLOGY OF NERVE CENTERS CHAPTER V: THE NUTRITION OF THE NERVOUS SYSTEM CHAPTER VI: THE SENSORY CONDUTIONS PATHS CHAPTER VII: THE CONTROL OF THE MOTOR NEURONS CHAPTER VIII: THE SPINAL CENTERS CHAPTER IX: THE SPINAL CENTERS (Continued) CHAPTER X: THE SPINAL CENTERS (Continued) CHAPTER XI: THE SPINAL CENTERS (Continued) CHAPTER XII: THE MEDULLARY AND PONTINE SOMATIC CENTERS CHAPTER XIII: THE MEDULLARY AND PONTINE VISCERAL CENTERS CHAPTER XIV: THE CEREBELLUM CHAPTER XV: THE MIDBRAIN CENTERS CHAPTER XVI: THE GANGLIONAR CENTERS OF THE CEREBRUM CHAPTER XVII: THE CORTICAL CENTERS CHAPTER XVIII: THE CONTROL OF SPECIAL FUNCTIONS TABLE: THE OSTEOPATHIC CENTERS
This volume is prepared for the use of students of osteopathy, in the class room and in practice. It is hoped that it may add somewhat to the understanding and the skill of those who use it, and thus to their joy in the work and to their usefulness to mankind. In these discussions it is taken for granted that the reader has already a fairly thorough knowledge of the anatomy and the physiology of the nervous system. Such facts are given here only when they are needed for the sake of clearness. Facts of morphology, however interesting, are mentioned only when they are seen to have some bearing upon etiology, diagnosis or therapeutics. The pragmatic attitude has been desired in deciding the right of certain discussions to a place in these pages. The descriptions of the experiments are not given in this volume, partly because this matter would add inconveniently to the size of the book, and partly because the description of the tests as given in the first volume of this series may serve for the tests used in preparing the material for this volume. Nearly all of the drawings were made by Dr. Ada M. Laughlin, of Los Angeles. The photographs were made by Dr. J. Russell Morris, of Los Angeles. I am greatly indebted to their patience and skill. My fellow students of The Pacific College of Osteopathy have been of great assistance to me in this work. Without their co-operation many of the studies would have been impossible. All needed supplies and apparatus have been freely placed at my disposal, and I am indebted to them all for help and advice. LOUISA BURNS. THE PACIFIC COLLEGE OF OSTEOPATHY, |