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Chai'tbr XLVI. — Secretion of the Ductless Glands — Internal 



- Secretion 863 



Internal Secretion of Liver, 864. — Internal Secretion of the Thyroid Tissues, 

 864. — Extirpation of Thyroids and ParathjToids, 865. — Function of the Para- 

 thyroids, 866.— Function of the Thyroid, 867. — Hypothyroidism, 868.— Hj^per- 

 thyroidism, 868.— Function of Thymus, 869. — Structure and Properties of 

 Adrenal Bodies, 870. — The Medulla, 871. — Epinephrin, 871. — The Chromaffin 

 Tissues, 872. — Secretory Nerves of the Adrenal Gland, 87.5. — Functional Sig- 

 nificance of the Medullary Tissue, 875. — Cortical Tissue, 877.— Pituitary Body, 

 877. — The Pineal Body, 882. — Internal Secretion of Testis and Ovary, 882. — 

 Internal Secretion of Pancreas, 885. 



SECTION VIII. 



NUTRITION OF HEAT PRODUCTION AND REGULATION 



Chapter XLVII. — General Methods. History of the Protein 



Food 889 



General Statement, 889. — Nitrogen Equilibrium, 889. — Carbon Equilibrium 

 and Body Equilibrium, 891. — Balance Experiments, 891. — Respiration Chamber, 

 891. — Effect of Non-protein Food on Nitrogen Equilibrium, 892. — Nutritive 

 Historj' of the Protein Food, 893. — Tissue Protein and Circulating Protein, 

 894. — "Amount of Protein Necessary in Normal Nutrition, 896. — Nutritive Value 

 of Different Proteins, 899. — Accessory Food Factors (Vitamins), 902. — Specific 

 Dynamic Action of Proteins, 906. 



Chapter XLVIII. — Nutritive History of Carbohydrates and Fats 907 



The Carbohydrate Supply of the Body, 907. — Intermediary Metabolism of the 

 Carbohydrate in the Body, 908. — Regulation of the Sugar Supply of the Body, 

 910. — Diabetes, 911. — Functions of the Carbohydrate Food, 914. — Nutritive 

 Value of Fats, 916. — Intermediary Metabolism of Fats, 916. — Origin of Body 

 Fat, 918.— Origin of Body Fat from Food Fat, 919. — Origin of Body Fat from 

 Carbohydrates, 919.— Source of Fat in Ordinary Diets, 920. — Cause of the Forma- 

 tion of Fat, Obesity, 920. 



Chapter XLIX. — Nutritive Value of the Inorganic Salts and the 



Accessory Articles of Diet 923 



The Inorganic Salts of the Body, 923. — Effect of Ash-free and Ash-poor Diets, 

 924. — Special Importance of Sodium Chlorid, Calcium, and Iron Salts, 924. — 

 The Condiments, Flavors, and Stimulants, 927. — Physiological Effects of Alcohol, 

 928. 



Chapter L. — Effect of Muscular Work and Temperature on Body 



Metabolism; Heat Energy of Foods; Dietetics 933 



The Effect of Muscular Work, 933.— Effect of Sleep, 936.— Effect of Variations 

 in Temperature, 936. — Effect of Starvation, 937. — The Potential Energy of 

 Food, 938. — Dietetics, 942. 



Chapter LI. — The Production of Heat in the Body; Its Measure- 

 ment AND Regulation; Body Temperature; Calorimetry; 

 Physiological Oxidations 949 



Historical Account of Theories of Animal Heat, 949. — Body Temperature in 

 Man, 950. — Calorimetry, 953. — Respiration Calorimeter, 955. — Basal Metab- 

 olism, 957.— Heat Regulation, 960. — Regulation of Heat Loss, 960. — The Hygiene 

 of Clothing, 961.— Physical Regulation of Heat Loss, 962. — Regulation of Heat , 

 Production (Chemical Regulation), 964. — Existence of Heat Centers and Heat 

 Nerves, 065. — Theories of Physiological Oxidations, 967. 



SECTION IX. 



PHYSIOLOGY OF REPRODUCTION. 



Chapter LII. — Physiology of the Female Reproductive Organs. . 974 



General Statement, 974.— The Graafian Follicle and the Corpus Luteum, 974. — 

 Menstruation and Puberty, 976. — Structural Changes in the Uterus during 

 Menstruation, 977. — The Phenomenon of Heat in Lower Animals, 977. — The 

 Relation of the Ovaries to Menstruation, 978. — Physiological Significance of 

 Menstruation, 980. — Effect of the Menstrual Cvcle on Other Functions, 981. — 

 Passage of the Ovum Into the Uterus,''982. — Maturation of the Ovum, 983. — 

 FertiUzation of the Ovum, 985. — Implantation of the Ovum, 987. — Nutrition of 

 the Ovum— Physiology of the Placenta, 9SS.— Changes in the Maternal Organism 

 during Pregnancy, 990. — Parturition, 991.— The Mammary Glands, 992. — Con- 

 nection Between the Uterus and the Mammary Glands, 992. — Composition of 

 Milk, 994. 



