CONTENTS 



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CHAPTER I THE PHENOMENA or LIFE; Properties of Protoplasm, 



Structure of Protoplasm i 



CHAPTER II CELL DIFFERENTIATION AND THE STRUCTURE OF THE 

 ELEMENTARY TISSUES; The Structure of the Cell, The Structure 

 of the Elementary Tissues. The Epithelial Tissues. The 

 Connective Tissues. Muscular Tissue. Nervous Tissue. 17 



CHAPTER III THE CHEMICAL COMPOSITION OF THE BODY; The 

 Nitrogenous Substances, The Proteins, Classification of the Pro- 

 teins, Characteristics of the Proteins, The Fats, The Carbo- 

 hydrates; Inorganic Substances of the Body, Laboratory Experi- 

 ments 79 



CHAPTER IV THE BLOOD; Quantity of the Blood, Coagulation of 

 the Blood, Morphology of the Blood, Chemical Composition of 

 the Blood, Globulocidal and Other Properties of Serum, The 

 Character and Composition of Lymph, Laboratory Experiments 117 



CHAPTER V THE CIRCULATION OF THE BLOOD; Anatomical Con- 

 siderations, The Action of the Heart, The Regulative Influence of 

 the Central Nervous System, The Circulation through the Blood- 

 vessels, The Pulse, The Peripheral Regulation of the Flow of 

 Blood, Vaso-constrictor and Vaso-dilator Nerves for Individual 

 Organs, Laboratory Experiments 166 



CHAPTER VI RESPIRATION; The Respiratory Apparatus, The 

 Movements of the Respiratory Mechanism, Respiratory Changes 

 in the Air Breathed, The Respiratory Changes in the Blood, The 

 Nervous Regulation of the Respiratory Apparatus, The Effect of 

 Respiration on the Circulation, Laboratory Experiments in 

 Respiration 278 



CHAPTER VII SECRETION IN GENERAL; Organs and Tissues of 

 Secretion, Secreting Glands, The Process of Secretion, Influence 

 of the Nervous System on Secretion 335 



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