x CONTENTS 



CHAPTER X (continued) 

 INTESTINAL DIGESTION 



SECTION PAGE 



V. THE PANCREATIC JUICE 788 



VI. THE BILE 803 



VII. FUNCTIONS OF THE LARGE INTESTINE 813 



VIII. MOVEMENTS OF THE INTESTINES 817 



IX. THE ABSORPTION OF THE FOOD -STUFFS 827 



X. THE FAECES 851 



CHAPTER XI 



THE HISTORY OF THE FOOD-STUFFS 



I. PROTEIN METABOLISM 854 



II. NUCLEIN OR PURINE METABOLISM 874 



III. THE HISTORY OF FAT nsr THE BODY 884 



IV. THE METABOLISM OF CARBOHYDRATES 899 



CHAPTER XII 

 THE BLOOD 



GENERAL CHARACTERS OF THE BLOOD 915 



I. THE WHITE BLOOD -CORPUSCLES 918 



II. THE RED BLOOD -CORPUSCLES 924 



III. THE BLOOD -PLATELETS 944 



IV. THE COAGULATION OF THE BLOOD 947 

 V. THE QUANTITY AND COMPOSITION OF THE BLOOD IN MAN 964 



CHAPTER XIII 

 THE PHYSIOLOGY OF THE CIRCULATION 



I. GENERAL FEATURES OF THE CIRCULATION 979 



II. THE BLOOD PRESSURE AT DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE VASCULAR 



CIRCUIT 986 



III. THE VELOCITY OF THE BLOOD AT DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE VASCULAR 



SYSTEM 999 



IV. THE MECHANISM OF THE HEART PUMP 1004 

 V. THE FLOW OF BLOOD THROUGH THE ARTERIES 1034 



VI. THE FLOW OF BLOOD IN THE VEINS 1050 



VII. THE PULMONARY CIRCULATION 1053 



VIII. THE CAUSATION OF THE HEART BEAT 1057 



IX. THE NERVOUS REGULATION OF THE HEART 1087 



X. THE EFFECT OF MUSCULAR EXERCISE ON THE CIRCULATION 1099 



XL THE NERVOUS CONTROL OF THE BLOOD-VESSELS 1103 



XII. THE INFLUENCE ON THE CIRCULATION OF VARIATIONS IN THE TOTAL 



QUANTITY OF BLOOD 1129 



