CONTENTS. 



INTRODUCTION. 



PAGE 



Definition of Physiology Organization of living bodies Functions Mode 

 of study in physiology Experiments Their results, direct and indirect 

 Vital phenomena Their various kinds Division of the subject . 25-32 



SECTION I. 

 NUTEITION. 



CHAPTER I. 



PROXIMATE PRINCIPLES IN GENERAL. 



Definition of proximate principles Their mode of extraction Their propor- 

 tions in the animal tissues and fluids Their classification . . 33-39 



CHAPTER II. 



INORGANIC PROXIMATE PRINCIPLES. 



Nature and source of the inorganic proximate principles Water Lime 

 phosphate Lime carbonate Magnesium phosphate Sodium chloride 

 Potassium chloride Sodium and potassium phosphates Sodium and po- 

 tassium carbonates Sodium and potassium sulphates Use and final dis- 

 charge of the inorganic proximate principles 40-54 



CHAPTER III. 



HYDROCARBONACEOUS PROXIMATE PRINCIPLES. 



Source and general character of the hydrocarbonaceous proximate principles 

 Starch Its reactions Its production in vegetables Its transformation 

 in the digestive process Glycogen Sugar Glucose Its reactions Fer- 

 mentation Lactose Saccharose The Fats Their reactions Stearine 

 Palmitine Oleine Condition of the fats in organized tissues and fluids 

 Their production in vegetables Their decomposition in the body Choles- 

 terine Origin and destination of the hydrocarbonaceous proximate princi- 

 ples 55-78 



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