MONOGRAPHS ON PHYSIOLOGY 



EDITED BY 



C. LOVATT EVANS, D.Sc, F.R.S. 



AND 



A. V. HILL, Sc.D., F.R.S. 



GENERAL PREFACE. 



The noblest memorial to Ernest Starling is in the hearts of 

 those whom he served by his fearless generosity and his splendid 

 friendliness. His many and varied writings, his constructive 

 and organising power, the pupils whom he sent forth, and the 

 fellowship w^hich radiated from him to distant lands, will not 

 soon allow his name to be forgotten. Here, however, it is 

 fitting to record that for eleven years he edited these " Mono- 

 graphs on Physiology." "In no science," he wrote, " is the 

 advance at any one time general. Some sections of the line are 

 pushed forward, while other parts may remain for years with 

 little movement, until in their turn they are enabled to progress 

 in consequence of the support afforded by the advance of 

 adjacent sections." " In the present series," he continued, " it 

 is intended to set out the progress of physiology in these 

 chapters in which the forw^ard movement is the most pro- 

 nounced." Starling's strategic insight often served his chosen 

 science well. In attempting to continue these monographs we 

 shall hope to be able in some measure to perpetuate this aspect 

 of his work. 



C. LOVATT EVANS. 



A. V. HILL. 



