TABLE OF CONTENTS 



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AUTHORS' PREFACE v 



INTRODUCTION. GENERAL PHYSIOLOGY i 



SECTION I 



METABOLISM 



CHAPTER 



I. The Chemical Composition of the Human Body 12 



II. The Blood 52 



III. The Gases of the Blood and the Chemistry of Respiration 58 



IV. The Circulation of the Blood 63 



V. Respiratory Movements 80 



VI. Lymph, Lymph Glands, and Spleen . . . . 87 



VII. Secretions 91 



VIII. Nutrition 114 



IX. The Digestion of the Foodstuffs 123 



X. Absorption and Assimilation of the Foodstuffs 141 



XI. The Changes of Blood in the Organs and Internal Secre- 

 tions 149 



XII. Metabolism 155 



SECTION II 



THE TRANSFORMATION AND SETTING FREE OF ENERGY 



XIII. Animal Heat 178 



XIV. General Muscle Physiology 184 



XV. Special Physiology of the Muscles 201 



XVI. General Nerve Physiology 215 



XVII. The Spinal Cord 226 



XVIII. The Brain 235 



XIX. The Peripheral Nerves and the Sympathetic System 250 



XX. Sense Organs in General 255 



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