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CHAPTER XLVI. SECRETION OF THE DUCTLESS GLANDS INTERNAL 



SECRETION 866 



Internal Secretion of Liver, 867. Internal Secretion of the Thyroid Tissues, 

 867. Extirpation of Thyroids and Parathyroids, 868. Function of the Para- 

 thyroids, 869. Function of the Thyroid, 871. Function of Thymus, 872. 

 Structure and Properties of Adrenal Bodies, 874. Physiology of the Medulla, 

 875. Epinephrin, 875. The Chromaffin Tissues, 875. Secretory Nerves of the 

 Adrenal Gland, 878. Functional Significance of the Medullary Tissue, 878. 

 Functional Significance of Cortical Tissue, 879. Pituitary Body, 880. The 

 Pineal Body, 884. Internal Secretion of Testis and Ovary, 884. Internal Secre- 

 tion of Pancreas, 887. 



SECTION VIII. 

 NUTRITION OF HEAT PRODUCTION AND REGULATION. 



CHAPTER XLVII. GENERAL METHODS. HISTORY OF THE PROTEIN 



FOOD 891 



General Statement, 891. Nitrogen Equilibrium, 891. Carbon Equilibrium 

 and Body Equilibrium, 893. Balance Experiments, 893. Respiration Cham- 

 ber, 893. Effect of Non-protein Food on Nitrogen Equilibrium, 894. Nutritive 

 History of the Protein Food, 895. Tissue Protein and Circulating Protein, 896. 

 Amount of Protein Necessary in Normal Nutrition, 898. Nutritive Value of 

 Different Proteins, 901. Vitamines and Other Special Substances, 904. Specific 

 Dynamic Action of Proteins, 905. 



CHAPTER XL VIII. NUTRITIVE HISTORY OF CARBOHYDRATES AND FATS. 906 



The Carbohydrate Supply of the Body, 906. Intermediary Metabolism of the 

 Carbohydrate in the Body, 907. Regulation of the Sugar Supply of the Body, 

 909. Diabetes, 910. Functions of the Carbohydrate Food, 913. Nutritive 

 Value of Fats, 914. Intermediary Metabolism of Fats, 915. Origin of Body 

 Fat, 916. Origin of Body Fat from Food Fat, 917. Origin of Body Fat from 

 Carbohydrates, 918. Source of Fat in Ordinary Diets, 919. Cause of 'the Forma- 

 tion of Fat, Obesity, 919. 



CHAPTER XLIX. NUTRITIVE VALUE OF THE INORGANIC SALTS AND THE 



ACCESSORY ARTICLES OF DIET 921 



The Inorganic Salts of the Body, 921. Effect of Ash-free and Ash-poor Diets, 

 922. Special Importance of Sodium Chlorid, Calcium, and Iron Salts, 922. 

 The Condiments, Flavors, and Stimulants, 925. Physiological Effects of Alcohol, 

 926. 



CHAPTER L. EFFECT OF MUSCULAR WORK AND TEMPERATURE ON BODY 



METABOLISM; HEAT ENERGY OF FOODS; DIETETICS 930 



The Effect of Muscular Work, 930. Effect of Sleep, 933. Effect of Variations 

 in Temperature, 933. Effect of Starvation, 934. The Potential Energy of 

 Food, 935. Dietetics, 939. 



CHAPTER LI. THE PRODUCTION OF HEAT IN THE BODY; ITS MEASURE- 

 MENT AND REGULATION; BODY TEMPERATURE; CALORIMETRY; 

 PHYSIOLOGICAL OXIDATIONS 944 



Historical Account of Theories of Animal Heat, 944. Body Temperature in 

 Man, 945. Calorimetry, 947. Respiration Calorimeter, 950. Heat Regulation, 

 953. Regulation of Heat Loss, 953. Regulation of Heat Production, 955. 

 Existence of Heat Centers and Heat Nerves, 957. Theories of Physiological 

 Oxidations, 959. 



SECTION IX. 



PHYSIOLOGY OF REPRODUCTION. 

 CHAPTER LII. PHYSIOLOGY OF THE FEMALE REPRODUCTIVE ORGANS. . 965 



General Statement, 965. The Graafian Follicle and the Corpus Luteum, 965. 

 Menstruation and Puberty, 967. Structural Changes in the Uterus during 

 Menstruation, 968. The Phenomenon of Heat in Lower Animals, 968. The 

 Relation of the Ovaries to Menstruation, 969. Physiological Significance of 

 Menstruation, 971. Effect of the Menstrual Cycle on Other Functions, 972. 

 Passage of the Ovum into the Uterus, 973. Maturation of the Ovum, 974. 

 Fertilization of the Ovum, 976. Implantation of the Ovum, 978. Nutrition of the 

 Ovum Physiology of the Placenta, 979. Changes in the Maternal Organism 

 during Pregnancy, 981. Parturition, 982. The Mammary Glands, 983. Con- 

 nection between the Uterus and the Mammary Glands, 983. Composition of 

 Milk, 985. 



