Xll CONTENTS 



CHAPTER VIII PAGE 

 COLLOIDS (CONT'D) 60 



Suspensoids and Emulsoids, 60; Gelatinization, 61; Imbibition, 62; Action of 

 Electrolytes on Colloids, 63; Proteins as Colloids, 63; Surface Tension, 64; 

 Adsorption, 65; Everyday Reactions Depending on Adsorption, 66; Conditions 

 Influencing or Influenced by Adsorption, 67; Physiological Processes Depending 

 on Adsorption, 69. 



CHAPTER IX 



FERMENTS, OB ENZYMES ' 71 



The Nature of Enzyme Action, 72; Properties of Enzymes, -73; Reversibility 

 of Enzyme Action, 77; Specificity of Enzyme Action, 79; Peculiarities of 

 Enzymes, 80 ; Types of Enzyme, 81 ; Enzyme Preparations, 82 ; Conditions for 

 Enzymic Activity, 82 



PART II 

 THE CIRCULATING FLUIDS 



CHAPTER X 



BLOOD: ITS GENERAL PROPERTIES (By R. G. PEARCE) 85 



Quantity of Blood in the Body, 85; Water Content, 86; Proteins, 87; Fer- 

 ments and Antiferments, 89. 



CHAPTER XI 



THE BLOOD CELLS (BY R. G. PEARCE) 91 



Red Blood Corpuscles, or Erythrocytes, 91 ; Origin, 92 ; Rates of Regeneration, 

 93; Hemolysis, 95; Leucocytes, 96; Blood Platelets, 97. 



CHAPTER XII 



BLOOD CLOTTING 98 



Visible Changes in the Blood During Clotting, 98; Methods of Retarding 

 Clotting, 99; Nature of the Clotting Process, 101; Influence of Calcium Salts, 

 103; Influence of Tissues, 104. 



CHAPTER XIII 



BLOOD CLOTTING (CONT'D) 106 



Theories of Blood Clotting, 106; Intravascular Clotting, 107; Measurement of 

 the Clotting Time, 108; Blood Clotting in Various Physiological Conditions, 110; 

 Blood Clotting in Disease, 111; Hemori'hagic Diseases, 112; Thrombus Forma- 

 tion, 113. 



CHAPTER XIV 



LYMPH FORMATION AND CIRCULATION .... . 115 



General Considerations, 115; Experimental Investigations, 118; Edema, 120. 



