CONTENTS 



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CHAPTER I THE PHENOMENA OF LIFE; Properties of Protoplasm, i 

 Structure of Protoplasm, .... . . 



CHAPTER II CELL DIFFERENTIATION AND THE STRUCTURE OF THE 

 ELEMENTARY TISSUES; The Structure of the Cell, The Structure of 

 the Elementary Tissues. I. The Epithelial Tissues. II. The Con- 

 nective Tissues. III. Muscular Tissue. IV. Nervous Tissue, . 17 



CHAPTER III THE CHEMICAL COMPOSITION OF THE BODY; The 

 Nitrogenous Bodies, Classes of Proteids, Oils and Fats, Carbohy- 

 drates, Inorganic Principles, Laboratory Experiments, . . .78 



CHAPTER IV THE BLOOD; Quantity of the Blood, Coagulation of the 

 Blood, Morphology of the Blood, Chemical Composition of the Blood, 

 Globulocidal and Other Properties of Serum, The Character and 

 Composition of Lymph, Laboratory Experiments, .... 101 



CHAPTER V THE CIRCULATION OF THE BLOOD; Anatomical Con- 

 siderations, The Action of the Heart, The Regulative Influence of the 

 Central Nervous System, The Circulation through the Blood- Ves- 

 sels, The Pulse, The Peripheral Regulation of the Flow of Blood, 

 Vaso-constrictor and Vaso-dilator Nerves for Individual Organs, 

 Laboratory Experiments, . .141 



CHAPTER VI RESPIRATION; The Respiratory Apparatus, The Move- 

 ments of the Respiratory Mechanism, Respiratory Changes in the Air 

 Breathed, The Respiratory Changes in the Blood, The Nervous 

 Regulation of the Respiratory Apparatus, The Effect of Respira- 

 tion on the Circulation, Laboratory Experiments in Respiration, . 243 



CHAPTER VII SECRETION IN GENERAL; Organs and Tissues of Secre- 

 tion, Secreting Glands, The Process of Secretion. Influence of the 

 Nervous System on Secretion, . . . . . . . . 291 



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