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brane Formation, 486 ; (2) Exosmosis, 487. Organo- 

 genesis, 489. Growth Tension, 490. Energy of Deve- 

 lopment, 491. 



XXXVII. DEATH AND DISSOLUTION 492 



Rubner's Law of " Length of Life," 492. Cloudy 

 Swelling, Fatty Degeneration, 493. Continuity of 

 Matter and of Energy, 494. 



XXXVIII. THE EFFICIENCY OF THE ORGANISM . . . 495 



By E. P. Cathcart, M.D., D.Sc., LL.D., F.R.S., Regius 

 Professor of Physiology, University of Glasgow. 

 Gross and Net Efficiency, 495. Basal Metabolism, 498. 

 Effect of Load on Efficiency, 499. Effect of Speed, 500. 

 Isolated Muscle, 501. 



PART II. ILLUSTRATIVE EXPERIMENTS 



LIST OF EXPERIMENTS 502-505 



LIST OF PREPARATIONS 505, 506 



EXPERIMENTS 506-557 



PREPARATIONS 557-563 



CONVERSION FACTORS 564-566 



SOME PRACTICAL HANDBOOKS 567 



INDEX OF NAMES 568 



INDEX OF SUBJECTS .571 



