. The illustrated natural history [microform]. Mammals; Natural history; Mammifères; Sciences naturelles. TEBMISATION OK IN MUSCULAR FISHKS. ^ SENSATION. fi-amc. Tliore is a rather strikin- and close analo^ry betwoon the mode in which the three ems of nnnd, nerve, an,! nniscle act together, and the ^vovk n^^ of a steain^ enf,nnc. In the enc,nne we may take tlie fire as the analoouo of tlie mind •" wat« of the nervous water-tnhes representing tlie Serves; and I^iron and mas a" h ;"as we ^^^'--^'^t'^^^, ^' ^ hone and nmscle. Thns' we may ma
. The illustrated natural history [microform]. Mammals; Natural history; Mammifères; Sciences naturelles. TEBMISATION OK IN MUSCULAR FISHKS. ^ SENSATION. fi-amc. Tliore is a rather strikin- and close analo^ry betwoon the mode in which the three ems of nnnd, nerve, an,! nniscle act together, and the ^vovk n^^ of a steain^ enf,nnc. In the enc,nne we may take tlie fire as the analoouo of tlie mind •" wat« of the nervous water-tnhes representing tlie Serves; and I^iron and mas a" h ;"as we ^^^'--^'^t'^^^, ^' ^ hone and nmscle. Thns' we may make a Jge li 1 fl '™,^'^^''iV^ .1'''''^'' ^"'^ "'-' ^ ^'''''' •^™^^'1't f>f ""• tlncmdi Iho furnace until the grate is ftUed wi h a mass of glowing white-hot matter. ]>.ut «,e fire "anno act on he wheels without the intermediate suhstance, the water. This medium he n' supplied the hre acts on the water, and the water on the metallic l^a/Z wl s" so that the tliree become one harmonious whole. >viiii,is. The great nerve mass, called by the name of " brain," is tJie general source of all the nerve-cords that supiily the body M'lth vital energy, and seems to be the nerve-heart, so to speak. Irom the brain, a cord of nervous matter, called t le spmal cord," runs along the back, under the guardian- slup ot the vertelme, continually giving off branches of various sizes, according to the work which they have to fulfil niese branches ramify into smaller twigs, subdividing until they become so small that they almost even baflle the micro- subdivision of the norvo« I't'T"- .'''''"^n l'"?^'"^'^^'''"^'^'^" "^ ^lie wonderfully minute on ot tiio nel^es, by trying to probe the skin witli tlie Doint of n fino nPPfllo and to discover any spot so small that tile needle-point doe7n;i; mirwith a ne^e '' Tlie cause of the peculiarly delicate sensibility of the finger tips is shown by the ac
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