TABLE OF CONTENTS. XX111 



CHAPTER VIII. pAQE 



THE INTERNAL SECRETIONS OF THE PANCREAS AND SPLEEN 362 



Glycosuria and Overactivity of the Adrenal System 362 



The Functional Relationship between the Pancreas and Spleen . . 367 



The Functional Mechanism of the Pancreas 381 



Functional Mechanism of the Spleen 386 



The Spleno-Pancreatic Internal Secretion 392 



CHAPTER IX. 



THE ADRENAL AND VAGAL SYSTEMS IN THEIR RELATIONS TO 



CARDIAC AND PULMONARY FUNCTIONS 421 



The Adrenal Secretion as the Source of the Functional Activity 



of the Right Heart 421 



The Action of the Adrenal Secretion and the Oxidizing Sub- 

 stance upon the Cardiac Muscle 433 



The Innervation of the Heart 444 



"Augmentor," or "Accelerator," Phenomena 446 



"Inhibitor" Phenomena 449 



The Adrenal and Vagal Systems in their Relations to Respira- 

 tory Functions 454 



The Innervation of the Respiratory System 455 



The Identity of the Respiratory Center 455 



The Innervation of the Respiratory Muscles 464 



The Nervo-Vascular Mechanism of the Lungs 468 



CHAPTER X. 



THE POSTERIOR PITUITARY AS THE FUNCTIONAL CENTER OF THE 

 NERVOUS SYSTEM, AND AS THE ANTERIOR PITUI- 

 TARY'S CO-CENTER IN SUSTAINING THE VITAL PROC- 

 ESSES 483 



The Identity of the Lower Brain, or Central Nervous System . . 483 

 The Histology and Physiology of the Posterior Pituitary Body. 493 

 The Histology and Physiological Chemistry of the Neuron.... 518 



The Physiological Chemistry of Nerves 532 



The Circulation of the Neuron 539 



The Physiological Chemistry of the Neuron 552 



The Minute Circulation of the Cerebro- spinal Substance.... 562 

 The Posterior Pituitary Body as the Chief Center of the Nervous 



System 591 



The Posterior Pituitary as the Central Sensorium 598 



Efferent (Motor) Impulses 601 



Afferent (Sensory) Impulses 603 



The Pituitary Bodies as the Governing Centers of the Vital 



Processes . 606 



CHAPTER XL 



THE INTERNAL SECRETIONS IN THEIR RELATIONS TO IMMUNITY. .. . 609 



The Unity of Cellular Life 609 



The Adrenals in their Relations to Phagocytosis and Leuco- 



cytosis 610 



Buchner's Bactericidal Alexins . . . 625 



