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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated.1870 Excerpt: ... No. 8.--The Organs of the Senses. The Organs of the Senses, to the illustration of which this diagram is devoted, are those of Touch, Taste, Smell, Hearing, and Sight. Figs. 1 to 9 relate to the Skin and its Appendages,--figs. 1 to 4 being magnified plans of the structure of the Skin, figs. 5 and 6 of the Nails, and figs. 7 to 9 of the Hairs and Hair-follicles. Fig. 10 is an enlarged view of the upper surface of the Tongue, showing the eminences upon it called the papilla?, magnified plans of which are represented in fig. 11. Figs. 12 to 14 illustrate the structure of the organ of Smell,--fig. 12 being a vertical section made a little to the right of the middle line of the nose, fig. 13 being a transverse vertical section across the nasal cavities and the roof of the mouth, and fig. 14 showing the cartilages of the nose. Figs. 15 to 19 exhibit the mechanism of the superficial and deep-seated parts of the organ of Hearing. Fig. 15 is a sectional plan, designed to show these various parts in their relative order and connection, though, owing to the difficulty of so representing them in one view, not exactly in their real positions. Figs. 16 to 19 are enlarged representations of some of the more important deep-seated parts. Figs. 20 to 25 are devoted to illustrating the structure of the Eye and its Appendages. Their numerous details will be described with that organ. The objects represented in this diagram being for the most part familiar, it will be readily seen how much they are enlarged; but in the case of the microscopic delineations, such as figs. 1 to 9, and fig. 11, the degree of enlargement will be stated hereafter. The colours employed are more or less conventionalized, though adapted from nature. The Organs of the Senses in General. The essential con...
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