CONTENTS xv 



SECTION III. (continued} PAGB 



Formation of urea - ... 583 



Formation of uric acid - 590 



Metabolism of nucleic acids and purin bases ... 592 



Creatin and creatinin - - 597 



Autolysis - 599 



SECTION IV. STATISTICS OF NUTRITION INCOME AND EXPENDI- 

 TURE OF THE BODY IN TERMS OF MATTER - - 601 

 The nitrogen balance-sheet nitrogenous equilibrium - 602 

 Relation of nitrogenous metabolism to muscular work - 610 

 Relative value of different proteins in nutrition - 612 

 The carbon balance-sheet - - - - 618 

 The oxygen deficit - - 620 

 Inorganic salts in nutrition - - - - 620 



SECTION V. DIETETICS - - - - - - 622 



Stimulants - .... 530 



Vitamines - - 632 



CHAPTER XI. 



INTERNAL SECRETION ENDOCRINE GLANDS. 



Pancreas - - - 636 



Sexual organs - - 640 



Thymus - - - - 643 



Thyroid and parathyroid - ... g^^ 



Adrenals - - ... 555 



Pituitary - - - - - . . 666 



Spleen ... . 6- 2 



CHAPTER XII. 



ANIMAL HEAT. 



SECTION I. THERMOMETRY AND CALORIMETRY ... 574 



Bodj'-temperature - . 6g 



SECTION II. INCOME AND EXPENDITURE OF THE BODY IN TERMS 



OF ENERGY - - .... 531 



Heat-loss - - - 681 



Heat-production - - - - , 583 



Basal metabolism ... gg6 



Seats of heat-production - . 586 



SECTION III. THERMOTAXIS - - 690 



Relations between heat-production, surface and blood -flow - 696 



The nervous system and thermotaxis - - 700 



Fever --...... 703 



SECTION IV. TEMPERATURE TOPOGRAPHY - 709 



Normal variations in body temperature - - - 712 



