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‎The Communication Systems of the Body‎

‎Basic Books Malicorne sur Sarthe, 72, Pays de la Loire, France 1964 Book condition, Etat : Bon hardcover, under illustrated dust-jacket In-8 1 vol. - 222 pages‎

‎few figures in text 1st Edition Contents, Chapitres : Contents, list of illustrations, viii, Text, 214 pages - How the nervous system evolved - Nerve cells and their messages - Chemical controls - Collecting information - Our monitors - The brain as a sense organ - The ear - The eye - Controlling the sensory system - Sleep and consciousness - Jumping the gaps - Reflexes - Controlling our muscles - The final link - The brain and the pituitary - Growth, maturity and stress - Keeping the species going - Beyond voluntary control - The gut and its hormones - Postscript and index near fine copy, the top of the jacket is very lightly torn on the spine without missings, else fine, no markings‎