CONTENTS. XXIU 



Formula of blood and metamoqihoses of bile ... ... 1.33 



Metamorphoses of blood and flesh ... ... ... ... 13G 



The constituents of the urine derived from the metamor- 

 phosed tissues ... ... ... ... ... ...138 



Relation of blood or flesh and proteine to the secretions and 



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Formation of gelatine 



Origin of bile in the carnivora 



Origin of bile in the herbivora 



Origin of hippuric acid 



Formation of the chief secretions and excretions 



Soda essential to the bile 



Relation of urine to bile 



Relation of starch to bile 



Uses of common salt. . . 



Certain remedies take a share in the vital transformations 



Chief qualities of the blood ... 



Modus operandi of organic remedies 



All organic poisons contain nitrogen 



Theine identical with caffeine 



Relation of theine and caffeine to bile 



Theory of their action 



Theor}^ of the action of the vegetable alkalies 



Composition and origin of nervous matter ... 



It is related to that of the vegetable alkalies 



Theory of the action of the latter ... 



Phosphorus seems essential to nervous matter 



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PART III. 



1 . The phenomena of motion in the animal organism ... 195 



2. The same subject, with particular reference to the waste 



and supply or change of matter ... ... ... 233 



3. Theory of disease ... ... ... ... ... 254 



4. Theory of respiration ... ... ... ... ►.. 265 



