CONTENTS vii 



CHAPTER VIII 



Metabolism 139 



Energy of Food, 139. Metabolism of Proteins, 140. Formation of 

 Urea, 141. Formation of Uric Acid, 143. Formation of Hippuric 

 Acid, 144. Formation of Kreatinin, 144. Metabolism of Carbo- 

 hydrates, 144. History of Dextrose, 145. Metabolism of Fats, 

 146. Autolysis, 147. Urine, 147. Determination of Metabol- 

 ism, 147. Nitrogenous Equilibrium, 148. Carbon Equilibrium, 

 151. History of Inorganic Salts, 151. Body Equilibrium, 153. 

 Dietetics, 153. Accessory Articles of Diet, 155. 



CHAPTER IX 



Animal Heat 158 



Warm- and Cold-blooded Animals, 158. Calorimetry, 159. Thermo- 

 genesis and Thermolysis, 160. Heat Centres, 162. Fever, 162. 



CHAPTER X 



Special Muscular Mechanisms 164 



Mastication, 164. Deglutition, 165. Movements of the Stomach, 167. 

 Vomiting, 168. Movements of the Small Intestine, 168. Move- 

 ments of the Large Intestine, 170. Defecation, 171. Micturi- 

 tion, 172. Parturition, 172. Locomotor Mechanisms, 173. 

 Voice, 174. 



CHAPTER XI 



Muscle and Nerve 177 



Stimulus, 177. Du Bois Reymond's Law, 178. Electrotonus, 179. 

 Pfliiger's Law, 181. Reaction of Degeneration, 182. Fatigue, 

 183. Nature of Nerve Impulse, 184. Nerve Degeneration and 

 Regeneration, 186. Myogram, 186. Normal Contractions, 188. 

 Electrical Phenomena of Nerve, 189. Polarization, 190. Rigor 

 Mortis, 192. Chemistry of Muscle and Nerve, 192. 



