Xll CONTENTS 



CHAPTEB VI II page 



Colloids (Cont'd) 60 



Suspensoitls and Emulsoids, 60 j Gelatinization, 61 ; [mbibition, 62; Action of 

 Electrolytes Oil Colloids, 0.'! ; Proteins as Colloids, (>:*,; Surface Tension, 64; 

 Adsorption, <>.">; Everyday Reactions Depending on Adsorption, 66; Conditions 

 Influencing or Influenced by Adsorption, i>7 ; Physiological Processes Depending 



On Adsorption, 69. 



CHAPTEB IX 



Ferments, ok Enzymes 71 



The Nature of Enzyme Action, 72; Properties of Enzymes, 7H ; Reversibility 

 of Enzyme Action, 77; Specificity of Enzyme Action, 79; Peculiarities of 

 Enzymes, 80; Types of Enzyme, 81; Enzyme Preparations, 82; Conditions for 

 Enzymic Activity, 82 



PART II 

 THE CIRCULATING FLUIDS 



CHAPTER X 



Blood: Its General Properties (By R. G. Pearce) 85 



Quantity of Blood in the Body, 85; Water Content, 86; Proteins, 87; Fer- 

 ments and Antiferments, 89. 



CHAPTER XI 



Tin; Blood Cells (By R. (i. Pearce) 91 



lud Blood Corpuscles, or Erythrocytes. 91; Origin, 92; Rates of Regeneration, 



93; Hemolysis, 95; Leucocytes, 96; Blood Platelets, 97. 



CHAPTER XII 



Blood Clotting 98 



Visible Changes in the Blood During Clotting;, 98; Methods of Retarding 

 clotting. 99; Nature of the Clotting Process, 101; Influence of Calcium Salts, 

 10.".; Influence of Tissues, 104. 



CHAPTER XIII 



Blood Clotting (Cont'd) • 106 



Theories of Blood Clotting, 106; Intravascular Clotting, 107; Measurement of 

 the Clotting Time, 1 |IS : Blood Clotting in Various Physiological Conditions, LlOj 

 Blood clotting in Disease, 111; Hemorrhagic Diseases, 112; Thrombus Forma- 

 tion, 113. 



CHAPTER XIV 



Lymph Formation and Circulation 115 



General Considerations, 115; Experimental Investigations, 118; Edema, L20. 



