CONTENTS 

 PART I 



THE CHEMISTRY OF HAEMOGLOBIN 



CHAP. PAGE 



I. THE SPECIFIC OXYGEN CAPACITY OP BLOOD 1 



II. THE DISSOCIATION CURVE OF HAEMOGLOBIN 15 



III. THE EFFECT OF TEMPERATURE ON THE AFFINITY OF HAEMOGLOBIN 



FOR OXYGEN . 27 



IV. THE EFFECT OF ELECTROLYTES ON THE AFFINITY OF HAEMOGLOBIN 



FOR OXYGEN 41 



V. THE EFFECT OF ACID ON THE DISSOCIATION CURVE OF BLOOD . 53 



PART II 



THE PASSAGE OF OXYGEN TO AND FROM THE BLOOD 



VI. THE CALL FOR OXYGEN BY THE TISSUES ... 73 



VII. THE CALL FOR OXYGEN CONSIDERED AS A PHYSIOLOGICAL TEST . 107 



VIII. THE METABOLISM OF THE BLOOD ITSELF .... 120 

 IX. THE REGULATION OF THE SUPPLY OF OXYGEN TO THE TISSUES 134 



X. THE UNLOADING OF OXYGEN FROM THE BLOOD 157 

 XI. THE RATE OF EXCHANGE OF OXYGEN BETWEEN THE BLOOD AND THE 



TISSUES . . . !? 2 



XII. THE ACQUISITION OF OXYGEN BY THE BLOOD IN THE LUNG . 182 



XIII. THE ACQUISITION OF OXYGEN BY THE BLOOD IN THE LUNG (contimied) 194 



