CONTENTS. 



BOOK I. 



THE PROTEIDS. 

 THE ELEMENTARY TISSUES OF THE ORGANISM. 



CHAPTER I. 



THE PROTEIDS. PAGE 



SECT. 1. GENERAL CHARACTERS or THE PROTEIDS ...... 4 



SECT. 2. CHEMICAL REACTIONS CHARACTERISTIC OF THE PROTEIDS ... 13 

 Methods of completely separating proteids from solutions containing 



them 34 



Determination of the temperature at which the proteids coagulate . 14 



SECT. 3. SYNOPSIS OF THE CHIEF PROTEID BODIES 16 



SECT. 4. PRODUCTS OF DECOMPOSITION OF THE PROTEIDS 18 



SECT. 5. THEORETICAL VIEWS AS TO THE CONSTITUTION OF THE PROTEIDS . 20 



CHAPTER II. 

 THE BLOOD. 



SECT. 1. THE PHYSICAL CHARACTERS OF THE BLOOD .23 



SECT. 2. THE LIQUOR SANGUINIS. FIBRIN AND ITS SUPPOSED PRECURSORS . . 31 



Fibrin 34 



The Assumed Precursors of Fibrin in the Liquor Sanguinis : 



1. Serum-Globulin or Paraglobulin (Schmidt's fibrinoplastic 

 substance) 37 



2. Fibrinogen 40 



