TABLE OF CONTENTS. xi PROOFS OF SPONTANEOUS ACTIVITY. (2.) Permanent closure of the sphincter muscles (3.) Activity maintained by involuntary muscles (4.) Act of wakening from sleep (5.) Early movements of infancy Activity of young animals in general 8. The Natural History of the Feelings a part of the science II. Of the Feelings of Muscular Exercise. 12. Feelings proper to the muscular system Sir W. Hamilton's distinction between the locomotive ib. TABLE OF CONTENTS. xiii OF SENSATION. Sensations of the five Senses Common or general sensibility Propriety of constituting the feelings of Organic Life into a class of sensations 125 5. Feeling of the healthy and fresh condition of the nerve Organic Feelings of the Circulation and Nutrition. 6. Thirst; Starvation; pleasures of pure animal existence. 126 8. Feelings of pure air: Freshness; feelings of Relief Cold a stimulant . Sensations of the Alimentary Canal. 15. Summary of the Physiology of digestion 16. Alimentary Feelings: taking of food and healthy digestion 139 Feelings of Electrical States. 19. Electric and Voltaic shocks. 20. Electrical state of the Atmosphere 21. Baron Reichenbach's experiments TABLE OF CONTENTS. SENSE OF TOUCH. Hardness and Softness Elasticity Roughness and Smoothness Increase of sensibility by movement. Persistence of tactile sensations 12. Qualities of Extension and Solidity 13. Distance, Direction, Situation, Form 14. The senses all accompanied with activity 15. Touch concerned in handicraft operations 1. Objects of hearing SENSE OF HEARING. 3. Action of the parts of the ear in the sensation of sound Uses of the muscles of the ear 4. Sensations of Sound; their classification |