Contents

pp vii-xiv

GLOSSARY

pp xv-xvi

INTRODUCTION

pp xvii-xcii

PREFACE

pp 1-8

PRELIMINARY DISCOURSE

pp 9-16

PART I - CONSIDERATIONS ON THE NATURAL HISTORY OF ANIMALS, THEIR CHARACTERS, AFFINITIES, ORGANISATION, CLASSIFICATION AND SPECIES

pp 17-18

CHAPTER I - ON ARTIFICIAL DEVICES IN DEALING WITH THE PRODUCTIONS OF NATURE

pp 19-28

CHAPTER II - IMPORTANCE OF THE CONSIDERATION OF AFFINITIES

pp 29-34

CHAPTER III - OF SPECIES AMONG LIVING BODIES, AND THE IDEA THAT WE SHOULD ATTACH TO THAT WORD

pp 35-46

CHAPTER IV - GENERAL PRINCIPLES CONCERNING ANIMALS

pp 47-55

CHAPTER V - ON THE TRUE ARRANGEMENT AND CLASSIFICATION OF ANIMALS

pp 56-67

CHAPTER VI - DEGRADATION AND SIMPLIFICATION OF ORGANISATION, FROM ONE EXTREMITY TO THE OTHER OF THE ANIMAL CHAIN, PROCEEDING FROM THE MOST COMPLEX TO THE SIMPLEST

pp 68-105

CHAPTER VII - OF THE INFLUENCE OF THE ENVIRONMENT ON THE ACTIVITIES AND HABITS OF ANIMALS, AND THE INFLUENCE OF THE ACTIVITIES AND HABITS OF THESE LIVING BODIES IN MODIFYING THEIR ORGANISATION AND STRUCTURE

pp 106-127

CHAPTER VIII - OF THE NATURAL ORDER OF ANIMALS, AND THE WAY IN WHICH THEIR CLASSIFICATION SHOULD BE DRAWN UP, SO AS TO BE IN CONFORMITY WITH THE ACTUAL ORDER OF NATURE

pp 128-180

PART II - AN ENQUIRY INTO THE PHYSICAL CAUSES OF LIFE, THE CONDITIONS REQUIRED FOR ITS EXISTENCE, THE EXCITING FORCE OF ITS MOVEMENTS, THE FACULTIES WHICH IT CONFERS ON BODIES POSSESSING IT, AND THE RESULTS OF ITS PRESENCE IN THOSE BODIES

pp 181-182

INTRODUCTION

pp 183-190

CHAPTER I - COMPARISON OF INORGANIC BODIES WITH LIVING BODIES, FOLLOWED BY A PARALLEL BETWEEN ANIMALS AND PLANTS

pp 191-200

CHAPTER II - OF LIFE, WHAT IT CONSISTS OF, AND THE CONDITIONS OF ITS EXISTENCE IN A BODY

pp 201-210

CHAPTER III - OF THE EXCITING CAUSE OF ORGANIC MOVEMENTS

pp 211-218

CHAPTER IV - OF ORGASM AND IRRITABILITY

pp 219-229

CHAPTER V - OF CELLULAR TISSUE, REGARDED AS THE MATRIX IN WHICH ALL ORGANISATION HAS BEEN CAST

pp 230-235

CHAPTER VI - OF DIRECT OR SPONTANEOUS GENERATION

pp 236-248

CHAPTER VII - OF THE IMMEDIATE RESULTS OF LIFE IN A BODY

pp 249-258

CHAPTER VIII - OF THE FACULTIES COMMON TO ALL LIVING BODIES

pp 259-264

CHAPTER IX - OF THE FACULTIES PECULIAR TO CERTAIN LIVING BODIES

pp 265-282

PART III - AN ENQUIRY INTO THE PHYSICAL CAUSES OF FEELING, INTO THE FORCE WHICH PRODUCES ACTIONS, AND LASTLY INTO THE ORIGIN OF THE ACTS OF INTELLIGENCE OBSERVED IN VARIOUS ANIMALS

pp 283-284

INTRODUCTION

pp 285-290

CHAPTER I - Of THE NERVOUS SYSTEM, ITS FORMATION, AND THE VARIOUS SORTS OF FUNCTIONS THAT IT CAN FULFIL

pp 291-313

CHAPTER II - OF THE NERVOUS FLUID

pp 314-320