Besides the usual text-books, I am much indebted for material to notes taken in lecture courses given by Dr. Fred R. Jouett and Dr. F. J. Goodridge of Cambridge, Mass., at the Cambridge School of Nursing, and by Dr. Vivian Daniel of Watertown at the Waltham Training School for Nurses. I wish particularly to express my gratitude and appreciation for the kind and helpful criticism given me by Dr. Eugene A. Darling, Assistant Professor of Physiology, Harvard College. ANNETTE FISKE. _May, 1911._ CONTENTS. CHAPTER I. PAGE COMPOSITION AND GENERAL STRUCTURE OF THE BODY 11 Chemical Constitution of the Body, 11--The Cell, 12--The Fundamental Tissues of the Body, 13--Epithelial Tissue, 14--Connective Tissue, 15--Structure of Bone, 17--Bone Formation, 18--Chemical Composition of Bone, 18--Classification and Function of Bones, 19--Joints, 20--Muscle, 21--Action of the Muscles, 23--Physiology of Muscle, 24--Cilia, 27--The Blood, 27--Arteries, 27--Veins, 28--Capillaries, 28--Lymphatic System, 29--Lymphatic Vessels, 31--Lymphatic Glands, 32--Lymph, 32--Glands, 35--Ductless Glands, 36--Nervous Tissue, 36. CHAPTER II. THE SKIN, ITS APPENDAGES AND ITS FUNCTION 39 The Skin, 39--Appendages of the Skin: Nails, 40--Hair, 40--Sebaceous Glands, 41--Sweat Glands, 42--Sweat, 42--Temperature Regulation, 43--Fever, 45--Sense of Touch, 45--Touch Corpuscles, 46. CHAPTER III. THE CRANIUM AND FACE 48 The Cranial Bones, 48--Frontal Bone, 49--Parietal Bones, 49--Occipital Bone, 50--Occipito-frontalis Muscle, 51--Temporal Bones, 51--Sphenoid or Wedge Bone, 52--Ethmoid Bone, 53--Turbinated Bones, 53--Ossification of Sutures, 53--Bones of the Face, 53--Superior Maxillary Bones, 54--Antrum of Highmore, 54--Malar or Cheek Bones, 54--Lachrymal Bones, 54--Palate Bones, 54--Nasal Bones, 55--Vomer, 55--Inferior Turbinated Bones, 55--Inferior Maxillary Bone or Lower Jaw, 55--Sublingual Gland, 56--Submaxillary Gland, 56.