CONTENTS 



CHAPTER I 



PAGE 



INTRODUCTION 1 



BOOK I 

 GENERAL PHYSIOLOGY 



CHAPTER II 

 THE STRUCTURAL BASIS OF THE BODY 13 



CHAPTER III 

 THE MATERIAL BASIS OF THE BODY 



SECTION 



I. THE ELEMENTARY CONSTITUENTS OF LIVING CELLS 39 



II. THE PROXIMATE CONSTITUENTS OF THE ANIMAL BODY 49 



III. THE FATS 58 



IV. THE CARBOHYDRATES 64 

 V. THE PROTEINS 78 



VI. THE MECHANISM OF ORGANIC SYNTHESIS 121 



CHAPTER IV 

 THE ENERGETIC BASIS OF THE BODY 



I. THE ENERGY OF MOLECULES IN SOLUTION 136 



II. THE PASSAGE OF WATER AND DISSOLVED SUBSTANCES ACROSS 



MEMBRANES 145 



III. THE PROPERTIES OF COLLOIDS 154 



IV. THE MECHANISM OF CHEMICAL CHANGES IN LIVING MATTER. 



FERMENTS 170 



V. ELECTRICAL CHANGES IN LIVING TISSUES 189 



BOOK II 

 THE MECHANISMS OF MOVEMENT AND SENSATION 



CHAPTER V 

 THE CONTRACTILE TISSUES 



I. THE STRUCTURE OF VOLUNTARY MUSCLE 197 



II. THE EXCITATION OF MUSCLE 206 



III. THE MECHANICAL CHANGES THAT A MUSCLE UNDERGOES WHEN IT 



CONTRACTS 215 



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