CONTENTS 



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INTRODUCTION xv 



CHAPTER I. 



THE CELL - . . i 



CHAPTER II. 



THE ELEMENTARY TISSUES . . 7 



The epithelial tissues 7 



The connective tissues n 



The muscular tissues 19 



The nervous tissues 22 



CHAPTER III. 



PHYSIOLOGICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF MUSCLE 23 



CHAPTER IV. 



SECRETION 27 



Sebaceous glands 3 



Mammary glands 31 



Thyroid gland 32 



Adrenal glands 33 



Pituitary body 34 



Testis and ovary 34 



CHAPTER V. 



THE BLOOD 35 



CHAPTER VI. 



THE CIRCULATION OF THE BLOOD 41 



The heart . . 42 



Circulation in Wood- vessels . . . . . .... . . . 46 



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