X CONTENTS. 



CHAPTER VI. 



OF ABSORPTION AND SANGUIFICATION. 



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1. Of Absorption from the Digestive Cavity ; Intestinal Villi, . . 186 



Osmosis, .194 



2. Absorption from tbe Body in General, . . 200 



3. Of tbe Elaboration of the Nutrient Materials, . . 20$ 



Assimilating action of Liver, ... . 206 



Structure of Lymphatic Glands and Serous Membranes, .... 206 



Assimilating action of Absorbent System, . . 210 



Composition and Properties of Chyle and Lymph, ... . 212 



Vascular or Ductless Glands, .... . . 218 



CHAPTER VII. 



OF THE BLOOD J ITS PHYSICAL CHARACTERS, CHEMICAL COMPOSITION, 



AND VITAL PROPERTIES. 



1. General Considerations : Quantity of Blood, . ...... 230 



2. Of the Physical, Chemical, and Structural Characters of the Blood, . . 233 



Corpuscular Elements. of Blood, ........ 235 



Spectrum Analysis of tbe Blood, 248 



Chemical Composition of the Blood, ....... 252 



Pneumatology of the Blood, ......... 257 



Alterations of the Composition of the Blood in Disease, . . . 264 



3. Of the Vital Properties of the Blood, and its Relations to the Living Or- 



ganism, ............. 270 



Coagulation of the Blood, .270 



Relation of the Blood to the Nutritive Processes, ..... 280 



Relation of the Blood to Morbid Actions, .... . 282 



CHAPTER VIII. 



OF THE CIRCULATION OF THE BLOOD. 



1. Of the Circulation in General, .292 



2. Action of the Heart, .297 



Source of its Rhythmical Movements, . . . . 297 



Succession of its Actions, ........ . 298 



Sounds of the Heart, .304 



Action of Nervous System upon the Heart, .... . 306 



Excito- or Cardio-motor System of the Heart, ..... 306 



Effects of Variations of Temperature upon the Heart's Action, . . 307 



Nerves Retarding or Inhibiting tlie Action of the Heart, . . 309 



Nerves Accelerating the Action of the Heart, ..... 314 



Rate and Force of its Pulsations, ...... . 319 



3. Movement of the Blood in the Arteries, ..... 



4. Movement of the Blood in the Capillaries, ..... . 343 



5. Movement of the Blood in the Veins, ...... . 353 



6. Peculiarities of the Circulation in different Parts, ... . 357 



