Xavier Bichat

THE TRANSLATOR'S PREFACE.

CONTENTS.

SECTION I. OF THE SITUATION AND NUMBER OF MUCOUS MEMBRANES.

SECTION II. OF THE EXTERIOR ORGANIZATION OF MUCOUS MEMBRANES.

SECTION III. OF THE INTERIOR ORGANIZATION OF MUCOUS MEMBRANES.

SECTION IV. OF THE GLANDS OF MUCOUS MEMBRANES.

SECTION V. OF THE VASCULAR SYSTEM OF MUCOUS MEMBRANES.

SECTION VI. OF THE VARIATIONS IN THE ORGANIZATION OF MUCOUS MEMBRANES IN DIFFERENT REGIONS.

SECTION VII. OF THE VITAL POWERS OF THE MUCOUS MEMBRANES.

SECTION VIII. OF THE SYMPATHIES OF MUCOUS MEMBRANES.

SECTION IX. OF THE FUNCTIONS OF MUCOUS MEMBRANES.

SECTION X. REMARKS ON THE AFFECTIONS OF MUCOUS MEMBRANES.

FOOTNOTES:

TRANSCRIBER'S NOTE

Obvious typographical errors and punctuation errors have been corrected after careful comparison with other occurrences within the text and consultation of external sources.

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A
TREATISE
ON
THE ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY
OF THE
Mucous Membranes;

WITH

ILLUSTRATIVE PATHOLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS.

From the French

OF

XAVIER BICHAT.

BY JOSEPH HOULTON,

MEMBER OF THE ROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS IN LONDON.

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