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CHAPTER VIII FOOD AND DIGESTION; Food and Food Principles, 

 The Process of Digestion, Digestion in the Mouth, Deglutition, 

 Nervous Mechanism of Deglutition, Digestion in the Stomach, 

 Movements of the Stomach, Digestion in the Intestines, Move- 

 ments of the Intestines, Laboratory Experiments in Digestion, 

 Saliva and Salivary Digestion, Gastric Juice and Gastric Diges- 

 tion, Pancreatic Juice and Pancreatic Digestion 341 



CHAPTER IX ABSORPTION; Absorption in the Stomach, Absorp- 

 tion in the Intestines, Absorption from the Skin , the Lungs, etc. . 41 1 



CHAPTER X EXCRETION; Structure and Function of the Kidneys, 

 General Structure, The Urine, The Method of Excretion of Urine, 

 The Discharge of the Urine, The Structure and Excretory Func- 

 tions of the Skin, Laboratory Experiments in Excretion . . . .421 



CHAPTER XI METABOLISM, NUTRITION, AND DIET; Metabolism of 

 Proteids, The Metabolism of Fats, the Metabolism of Carbohy- 

 drates, Influence of Minerals, Fasting, Requisites of a Normal 

 Diet, The Vitamines, The Influence of the Ductless Glands on 

 Metabolism 454 



CHAPTER XII ANIMAL HEAT; Heat-producing Organs, Variation 

 in the Loss of Heat, Variation in the Production of Heat, Influ- 

 ence of the Nervous System on Heat Production 501 



CHAPTER XIII MUSCLE-NERVE PHYSIOLOGY; Chemical Composi- 

 tion of Muscle, The Properties of Living Muscle, Single Muscle 

 Contractions, Conditions which Affect the Irritability of the 

 Muscle and the Character of the Contraction, Tetanic and Volun- 

 tary Muscular Contractions, The Type of Contraction in Invol- 

 untary Muscle and in Cilia, The Function of Nerve Fiber, Some 

 Special Coordinated Motor Activities, Locomotion, The Produc- 

 tion of the Voice, Laboratory Experiments on Muscle and Nerves. 5 10 



CHAPTER XIV THE NERVOUS SYSTEM; Function of the Nerve Cell; 

 Specific Energy of the Nerve Impulse, Structure and the Function 

 of the Spinal Cord, Tracts of the Cord, The Functions of the Cord. 

 The Brain, The Medulla Oblongata and Pons, Structure, Func- 

 tions of the Medulla, The Cerebellum, The Midbrain, The 

 Peduncles of the Cerebrum, Corpora Quadrigeminaj Corpora 

 Genic.ulata, Corpora Striata, The Cerebrum, Structure of the 

 Cortex, General Function of the Cerebrum, Localization of the 



