. A text-book of animal physiology, with introductory chapters on general biology and a full treatment of reproduction ... Physiology, Comparative. HEARING. 613 etc., of three different fundamental sensations, or the result of chemical processes few in kind, why should not hearing be explained in an equally simple way ? Such views as those re-. Fig, 455.—Longitudinal section of ampulla, somewhat diagrammatic (after Huxley), c. end of ampulla joining semicircular canal; u, opening into utricle ; or, crista acoustica with hair-cells, to whien may be seen passing, n, fibers of auditory nerve
. A text-book of animal physiology, with introductory chapters on general biology and a full treatment of reproduction ... Physiology, Comparative. HEARING. 613 etc., of three different fundamental sensations, or the result of chemical processes few in kind, why should not hearing be explained in an equally simple way ? Such views as those re-. Fig, 455.—Longitudinal section of ampulla, somewhat diagrammatic (after Huxley), c. end of ampulla joining semicircular canal; u, opening into utricle ; or, crista acoustica with hair-cells, to whien may be seen passing, n, fibers of auditory nerve ; c^ connective-tissue support tor auditory baits. ferred to above seem to us utterly at variance with the funda- mental conceptions of biology; are so purely conceptions that have their birth in physics, that we deem it wiser to rest with- out any attempt at an explanation of the origin of auditory sensations in detail, than to accept such artificial and inadequate solutions as have been proposed. Subjective sensations of hear- ing are common enough in the insane, and answer to the visions of the same class of persons; so that we must recognize the possibility of such sensations arising without the usual external Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Mills, Wesley, 1847-1915. New York, D. Appleton
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