14 TABLE OF CONTENTS. 



Chapter XL VI. Secretion of the Ductless Glands Internal 



Secretion 771 



Internal Secretion of Liver, 771. Internal Secretion of the Thyroid Tissues, 

 772. Extirpation of Thyroids and Parathyroids, 772. Function of the Para- 

 thyroids, 773. Theories of General Functions of Thyroid and Parathyroids, 

 774. Cyon's View of Function of Thyroid, 775. Structure and Properties 

 of Adrenal Bodies, 775. General Function of Adrenals, 777. Pituitary 

 Body, 777. Internal Secretion of Testis and Ovary, 778. Internal Secretion 

 of Pancreas, 780. Internal Secretion of Kidney, 782. 



SECTION VIII. 



NUTRITION AND HEAT PRODUCTION AND REGULATION. 



Chapter XLVII. General Methods. History of the Proteid 



Food 783 



General Statement, 783. Nitrogen Equilibrium. 783. Carbon Equilibrium 

 and Body Equilibrium, 785. Balance Experiments, 785. Respiration 

 Chamber, 785. Effect of Non-proteid Food on Nitrogen Equilibrium, 786. 

 Nutritive History of the Proteid Food, 786. Tissue Proteid and Circulating 

 Proteid, 787. Amount of Proteid Necessary in Normal Nutrition, Question 

 of Luxus Consumption, 788. Specific Character of Proteid Metabolism, 790. 

 Nutritive Value of Albuminoids, 791. 



Chapter XL VIII. Nutritive History of Carbohydrates and Fats. 793 



The Carbohydrate Supply of the Body, 793. Fate of the Carbohydrates in the 

 Body, 793. Functions of the Carbohydrate Food, 794. Nutritive Value 

 of Fats, 796. Fate of Fats in the Tissues, 797. Origin of Body Fat, 797. 

 Origin of Body Fat from Carbohydrates, 798. Origin of Body Fat from Food 

 Fat, 798. Cause of the Formation of Fat, Obesity, 799. General Functions 

 of Fat, 800. 



Chapter XLIX. Nutritive Value of the Inorganic Salts and 



the Accessory Articles of Diet 801 



The Inorganic Salts of the Body, 801. Effect of Ash-free and Ash-poor 

 Diets, 802. Special Importance of Sodium Chlorid, Calcium and Iron 

 Salts, 802. The Condiments, Flavors, and Stimulants, 804. Physiological 

 Effects of Alcohol, 805. 



Chapter L. Effect of Muscular Work and Temperature on 



Body Metabolism; Heat Energy of Foods; Dietetics. . 809 



The Effect of Muscular Work, 809. Effect of Sleep, 810. Effect of Variations 

 in Temperature, 811. Effect of Starvation, 812. The Potential Energy of 

 Food, 814. Dietetics, 817. 



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

 ment and Regulation; Body Temperature; Calorimetry; 

 Physiological Oxidations 820 



Historical Account of Theories of Animal Heat, 820. Body Temperature in 

 Man, 821. Calorimetry, 823. Heat Regulation, 828. Regulation of Heat 

 Loss, 823. Regulation of Heat Production, 829. Existence of Heat Centers 

 and Heat Nerves, 830. Theories of Physiological Oxidations, 833. 



SECTION IX. 



PHYSIOLOGY OF REPRODUCTION. 

 Chapter LII. Physiology of the Female Reproductive Organs. . . 839 



General Statement, 838. The Graafian Follicle and the Corpus Luteum, 839. 

 Menstruation and Puberty, 841. Structural Changes in the Uterus during 

 Menstruation, 842. The Phenomenon of Heat in Lower Animals, 842. The 

 Relation of the Ovaries to Menstruation, 843. Physiological Significance of 

 Menstruation, 845. Effect of the Menstrual Cycle on Other Functions, 845. 

 Passage of the Ovum into the Uterus, 846. Maturation of the Ovum, 847. 

 Fertilization of the Ovum, 850. Implantation of the Ovum, 851. Nutrition 

 of the Ovum; Physiology of the Placenta, 852. Changes in the Maternal 

 Organism during Pregnancy, 854. Parturition, 854. The Mammary Glands, 

 855. Connection between the Uterus and the Mammary Glands, 856. 

 Composition of Milk, 858. 



