CONTENTS 



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INTRODUCTION. By Professor P. Noel Paton, M.D., LL.D., F.R.S. xi 



PART I. SYSTEMATIC 

 SECTION I. ENERGETICS 



CHAP. 



I. LAWS or ENERGY - 1 



II. THE STORAGE OF ENERGY 13 



III. LIBERATION OF ENERGY (1) CALORIMETRY 21 



IV. LIBERATION OF ENERGY (2) THE ANIMAL AS A MACHINE 32 

 V. LIBERATION OF ENERGY (3) ENERGY OF SUBSTANCE IN 



SOLUTION. OSMOTIC PRESSURE - 36 



VI. LIBERATION OF ENERGY (4) SURFACE TENSION 46 



SECTION II. CELLULAR MECHANICS 



VII. IONS - 49 



VIII. DISPERSE SYSTEMS 65 



IX. ENZYMES 91 



X. MEMBRANES 107 



XI. RADIO-ACTIVITY 117 



XII. THE CELL - 129 



SECTION III. CELL COMMUNITIES 



XIII. MUSCLE CELLS - 135 



XIV. MANUFACTURING CELLS 148 

 XV. ELIMINATING CELLS 155 



XVI. CONNECTIVE TISSUE CELLS 166 



XVII. INTELLIGENCE SERVICE NERVE CELLS 182 



XVIII. OUTPOSTS OF THE INTELLIGENCE SERVICE GENERAL RECEPTORS 191 



XIX. OUTPOSTS OF THE INTELLIGENCE SERVICE EAR 200 



XX. OUTPOSTS OF THE INTELLIGENCE SERVICE EYE 215 



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