PAGE 1. State fully what is meant by the term vegetable function. 148 2. To what is man indebted for his position as the head of the animal creation? 148, 149 3. What can you state on the subject of special organs for separate functions? 149 4. Describe, as fully as you can, the structure of the nervous system. 149, 150 5. Describe the brain, its location, size, shape, and structure. 150, 152 6. Describe the brain proper, or cerebrum. 152, 153, 174 7. What connection is noticed between the cerebrum and mental power? 153, 172, 174 8. Describe the little brain, or cerebellum. 153, 154, 172 9. Describe the spinal cord. 154, 155, 156 10. What are the spinal nerves, and how are they arranged? 156, 157 11. What is the character and substance of their tissues? 157 12. State how the nerve-fibres perform their office, and give the illustration. 157, 158 13. Describe the sympathetic system of nerves. 158 14. State what is meant by the properties of nervous tissue, and give the illustration. 159, 160 15. Explain what is meant by the functions of the nerves, and give the illustration. 160, 161, 162 16. What is meant by a transient paralysis of a nerve? Give the illustration. 161, 162 17. What can you state of the rate of message-motion along a nerve? 162 18. What are the functions of the spinal cord? 162, 163, 164, 165 19. State what you can of the form of paralysis known as paraplegia. 163 20. What experiments, with results, upon the spinal cord are noted? 163, 164 21. Explain how injury of the cord may produce paralysis of motion in one leg, and at the same time a loss of sensation in the other. 164 22. Explain how, if the right hand be hurt, the left side of the brain is made to feel the pain. 165 23. Now, explain as fully as you can the direction of the fibres of the cord. 164, 165 24. What is understood by the reflex action of the cord? 165 25. What experiments are mentioned to prove this power of the cord? 165, 166 26.