The History of a Mouthful of Bread
EXTRACTS FROM THE PREFACE TO THE ENGLISH EDITION.
NOTE TO THE AMERICAN EDITION.
I. INTRODUCTION.
FIRST PART.—MAN.
LETTER II. THE HAND.
LETTER III. THE TONGUE.
LETTER IV. THE TEETH.
LETTER V. THE TEETH (continued.)
LETTER VI. THE TEETH (continued).
LETTER VII. THE THROAT.
LETTER VIII. THE STOMACH.
LETTER IX. THE STOMACH—(continued).
LETTER X. THE INTESTINAL CANAL.
LETTER XI. THE LIVER.
LETTER XII. THE CHYLE.
LETTER XIII. THE HEART.
LETTER XIV. THE ARTERIES.
LETTER XV. THE NOURISHMENT OF THE ORGANS.
LETTER XVI. THE ORGANS.
LETTER XVII. ARTERIAL AND VENOUS BLOOD.
LETTER XVIII. ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE.
LETTER XIX. THE ACTION OF THE LUNGS.
LETTER XX. CARBON AND OXYGEN.
LETTER XXI. COMBUSTION.
LETTER XXII. ANIMAL HEAT.
LETTER XXIII. ACTION OF THE BLOOD UPON THE ORGANS.
LETTER XXIV. THE WORK OP THE ORGANS.
LETTER XXV. CARBONIC ACID.
LETTER XXVI. ALIMENTS OF COMBUSTION.
LETTER XXVII. ALIMENTS OF NUTRITION (continued).
LETTER XXVIII. COMPOSITION OF THE BLOOD.
PART SECOND—ANIMALS.
LETTER XXIX. CLASSIFICATION OF ANIMALS.
LETTER XXX. MAMMALIA. (Mammals.)
LETTER XXXI. MAMMALIA. (Mammals)—continued.
LETTER XXXII. MAMMALIA—continued.
LETTER XXXIII. MAMMALIA—continued.
LETTER XXXIV. AVES. (Birds.)
LETTER XXXV. REPTILIA. (Reptiles.)
LETTER XXXVI. PISCES. (Fishes.)
LETTER XXXVII. INSECTA. (Insects.)
LETTER XXXVIII. CRUSTACEA—MOLLUSCA. (Crustaceans and Mollusks.)
LETTER XXXIX. VERMES—ZOOPHYTA. (Worms and Zoophytes).
LETTER XL. THE NOURISHMENT OF PLANTS.
POSTSCRIPT.
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