Excerpt from The Physiology of Man, Vol. 5 of 5: Designed to Represent the Existing State of Physiological Science, as Applied to the Functions of the Human Body The present volume completes the task, begun eleven years ago, Of preparing a work, intended to represent the existing state Of physiological science, as applied to the func tions of the human body. The kindly reception which the first four volumes have received has done much to sustain the author in an undertaking, the magnitude Of which he has appreciated more and more as the work has progressed. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.