CONTENTS 



Peeface to the First Edition of the Respiratory Ffnction of 



THE Blood p. y 



Preface to Haemoglobin vii 



CHAP. 



I. Introductory 1 



II. Porphyrins 7 



III. H^^MOCHROMOGEN . . . . . . . . 18 



IV. Cytochrome 26 



V. The Specificity of HiEMOGLOBiN 38 



VI. Specific Oxygen Capacity 52 



VII. The Manufacture of Hemoglobin . . . . 63 

 VIII. The Nature of HwSimoglobin Solution . . . .72 



IX. The Molecular Weight of HiEMOGLOBiN ... 84 



X. The Dissociation Curve of Hemoglobin . . . 91 



XI. The Dissociation Curve of Hemoglobin (continued) . 104 



XII. Theories OF the Union of Oxygen with Hemoglobin 118 



XIII. The Kinetics OF Oxyhemoglobin in Dilute Solutions 134 



XIV. The Interaction of Carbon Monoxide with Reduced 

 Hemoglobin . . . 148 



XV. The Interaction of Carbon Monoxide and Oxygen 

 WITH Hemoglobin 161 



XVI. The Effect of Temperature on Hemoglobin . . 174 



XVII. The Biological Significance of Hemoglobin , . . 188 



Index 198 



Plate to face p. 92 



