COLLEGE OF DENTISTRY 

 UNIVERS -FOI-..VIA 



CONTENTS. 



INTRODUCTION 



CHAPTER I. 



THE CIRCULATING LIQUIDS OF THE BODY 

 Blood-corpuscles 

 Life-history of the corpuscles - 

 Reaction of blood 

 Electrical conductivity of blood 

 Coagulation of blood - 

 Chemical composition of blood 

 Haemoglobin and its derivatives 

 Quantity of blood 

 Lymph and chyle 

 Functions of blood and lymph 



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CHAPTER II. 



THE CIRCULATION OF THE BLOOD AND LYMPH - 67 



Flow of a liquid through tubes - -71 



The beat of the heart - - - 74 



The sounds of the heart - -77 



The cardiac impulse - 79 



Endocardiac pressure - - 81 



The pulse - - -88 



Arterial blood-pressure - -99 



Velocity of the blood - - 105 



The volume-pulse - - - - 116 



The circulation in the capillaries - - 117 



The circulation in the veins - - -120 



The circulation-time - - - - 122 



The relation of the nervous system to the circulation - 127 



Intrinsic nerves of the heart ... - 128 



Extrinsic nerves of the heart ... - 133 



Vaso-motor nerves - - - 148 



The lymphatic circulation - - - 166 



CHAPTER III. 



RESPIRATION - ... 194 



Mechanical phenomena of respiration 197 



Types of respiration - 202 



Frequency of respiration - 206 



