TABLE OF CONTENTS. 



CHAPTER I. 

 INTRODUCTION, 



CHAPTER II. 

 CHEMIC COMPOSITION OF THE HUMAN BODY, ______________________________ 24 



CHAPTER III. 

 PHYSIOLOGY OF THE CELL. ______________________________________________ 41 



CHAPTER IV. 



HISTOLOGY OF THE EPITHELIAL AND CONNECTIVE TISSUES, ___________________ 47 



CHAPTER V. 

 THE PHYSIOLOGY OF THE SKELETON, _________________________ _ ___________ 58 



CHAPTER VI. 

 GENERAL PHYSIOLOGY OF MUSCLE-TISSUE, ____________________ _ ___________ 63 



CHAPTER VII. 

 THE GENERAL PHYSIOLOGY OF NERVE-TISSUE, ____________________________ 103 



CHAPTER VIII. 

 FOODS, ------------------------------- ------- __^ ----------- 133 



CHAPTER IX. 

 DIGESTION, _ _______________________________________________ _' ___________ 151 



CHAPTER X. 



ABSORPTION, _______________________________________________ - ___________ 213 



CHAPTER XI. 

 THE BLOOD. ___________________________________________________________ 229 



CHAPTER XII 



THE ClRCULATIQN OF THE BLOOD, _______________________________________ 263 



CHAPTER XIII. 

 RESPIRATION, __ ____________ " ____________________________________________ 335 



CHAPTER XIV. 

 ANIMAL HEAT, ____________________________________________ - 3 8 5 



CHAPTER XV. 

 SECRETION, _____________________________________________________ - 395 



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