Vlll CONTENTS. 



CHAPTEE VIII. 



PAOE 



ABSORPTION, .......... 298 



The Lacteal and Lymphatic Vessels and Glands, .... 298 



Properties of Lymph and Chyle, ...... 308 



Absorption by the Lacteal Vessels, ..... 309 



Absorption by the Lymphatic Vessels, . . . . .310 



Absorption by Blood-vessels, . . . . . .311 



CHAPTEE IX. 







ANIMAL HEAT, ...... . 316 



Variations in Bodily Temperature, . . . . . 316 



Sources of Heat, ..... . 318 



Loss of Heat, ...... 320 



Production of Heat, ........ 322 



Inhibitory Heat-centre, ....... 323 



CHAPTEE X. 

 SECRETION, ....... . 325 



CHAPTEE XL 



THE STRUCTURE AND FUNCTIONS OF THE SKIN, . . 340 



CHAPTEE XII. 



THE STRUCTURE AND FUNCTIONS OF THE KIDNEYS, 



Structure of the Kidneys, ....... 353 



Structure of the Ureter and Urinary Bladder, . . . .359 



The Urine, 361 



Micturition, ......... 382 



CHAPTEE XIII. 

 THE VASCULAR GLANDS, .... 



CHAPTEE XIV. 



THE MUSCULAR SYSTEM, ...... 



Causes and Phenomena of Motion, 



Plain or Unstriped Muscle, .... .394 



Striated Muscle, ..... . 396 



Chemical composition of Muscle, 



Physiology of Muscle at rest, .... 



" " in activity, ... 406 



Eigor Mortis, ..... 419 



Actions of the Voluntary Muscles, . . ' 



" " Involuntary Muscles, 

 Electrical Currents in Nerves, . . . . .427 



