CONTENTS 



PAGE 



INTRODUCTION . . .1 



PART I 



GENERAL CONSIDERATION OF BIOLOGIC ADAPTA- 

 TION AND ASCENT OF MAN 



CHAPTER 



I. ADAPTATION TO ENVIRONMENT 17 



PART II 



THE MECHANISMS OF ADAPTATION: RECEPTOR 

 AND EFFECTOR 



II. THE NERVOUS SYSTEM 43 



III. ADAPTATION BY MEANS OF CONTACT CEPTORS . . 67 



IV. ADAPTATION BY MEANS OF CHEMICAL CEPTORS AND 



CHEMICAL ACTIVITY ....... 95 



V. ADAPTATION BY MEANS OF DISTANCE CEPTORS 



EMOTIONS MENTAL STATES 118 



VI. THE KINETIC SYSTEM 157 



PART III 



BIOLOGIC INTERPRETATION OF PHENOMENA 

 OF HEALTH AND DISEASE 



VII. DISEASES OF THE KINETIC SYSTEM .... 211 



VIII. KINETIC DISEASES (Continued) 225 



IX. ANOCIATION 242 



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