A Textbook of 

 Human Physiology 



By A. P. BRUBAKER, M.D. 



Professor of Physiology and Hygiene at Jefferson Medical College; Pro- 

 fessor of Physiology, Pennsylvania College of 

 Dental Surgery, Philadelphia. 



Second Edition, Revised and Enlarged. With Colored Plates and 356 

 other Illustrations. Octavo; 715 pages. Cloth, $4.00; Leather or Half- 

 Morocco, $5.00, net. 



The object in view in the preparation of this volume was the selection and 

 presentation of the more important facts of physiology, in a form healthful to 

 students and to practitioners of medicine. Such facts have been selected as 

 will not only elucidate the normal functions of the tissues and organs of the 

 body, but which will be of assistance in understanding their abnormal mani- 

 festations as they present themselves in hospital and private work. In the 

 method of presentation, the author has been guided by an experience gained 

 during twenty years of active teaching. 



" * * Will rank with the very best of modern treatises on physiology. We 

 unhesitatingly recommend it to physicians and students as an accurate and 

 admirably written textbook on the subject." American Medicine, Philadelphia. 



SYNOPSIS OF CONTENTS: 



Introduction Chemic Composition of the Human Body Physiology of 

 the Cell Histology of the Epithelial and Connective Tissues The Physiology 

 of the Skeleton General Physiology of Muscle-Tissue General Physiology 

 of Nerve-Tissue Foods Digestion Absorption The Blood Circulation of 

 the Blood Respiration Animal Heat Secretion Excretion Central 

 Organs of the Nerve System and their Nerves The Medulla Oblongata ; the 

 Isthmus of the Encephalon ; the Basal Ganglia The Cerebrum The Cere- 

 bellum Cranial Nerves Sympathetic Nerve System Phonation ; Articulate 

 Speech The Special Senses Sense of Sight Sense of Hearing Reproduc- 

 tion Physiologic Apparatus Index . 



" Prof. Brubaker is known to most students in the United States through 

 his excellent compendium on physiology. The present volume is more pre- 

 tentious and covers the field of physiology as applicable to everyday practice. 

 * * We know of no American textbook which contains as much sound physi- 

 ological information as that of Brubaker." New Orleans Medical and Surgical 

 fournal. 



