CONTENTS xi 



CHAPTER XIV 







ACTION PAGE 



LYMPH AND TISSUE FLUIDS 1133 



CHAPTER XV 

 THE DEFENCE OF THE ORGANISM AGAINST INFECTION 



I. THE CELLULAR MECHANISMS OF DEFENCE 1143 



II. THE CHEMICAL MECHANISMS OF DEFENCE 1152 



CHAPTER XVI 

 RESPIRATION 



I. THE MECHANICS OF THE RESPIRATORY MOVEMENTS 1162 



II. THE CHEMISTRY OF RESPIRATION 1172 



III. THE REGULATION OF THE RESPIRATORY MOVEMENTS 1200 



THE CHEMICAL REGULATION OF THE RESPIRATORY MOVEMENTS 1204 



THE REFLEX NERVOUS REGULATION OF RESPIRATION 1214 



IV. THE EFFECTS ON RESPIRATION OF CHANGES IN THE AIR BREATHED 1225 

 V. THE MECHANISMS OF OXIDATION IN THE TISSUES 1233 



CHAPTER XVII 

 RENAL EXCRETION 



I. THE COMPOSITION AND CHARACTERS OF THE URINE 1240 



II. THE SECRETION OF URINE 1264 



III. THE PHYSIOLOGY OF MICTURITION 1289 



CHAPTER XVIII 

 THE SKIN AND THE SKIN GLANDS 1299 



CHAPTER XIX 

 THE TEMPERATURE OF THE BODY AND ITS REGULATION 1305 



CHAPTER XX 

 THE DUCTLESS GLANDS 1317 



