xii CONTENTS 



CHAPTER PAOR 



X. CERTAIN PHASES OF THE RELATION BETWEEN THE 

 KINETIC SYSTEM AND GROWTH, PROCREATION AND 



CHEMICAL PURITY 261 



XI. A MECHANISTIC INTERPRETATION OF THE ACTION OF 



CERTAIN DRUGS 285 



XII. ACTION PATTERNS ; CONSCIOUSNESS AND SLEEP . 298 



XIII. PAIN, LAUGHTER AND WEEPING 318 



XIV. TRANSFORMATION OF ENERGY AND ACIDOSIS . . 340 

 XV. ELECTRO-CHEMICAL PHENOMENA 356 



XVI. THE INDIVIDUAL AS AN ADAPTIVE MECHANISM . . 366 



