CONTENTS, 



BOOK I. 



STATICAL PHYSIOLOGY. 

 CONDITIONS OF LIFE. 



CHAPTER I. 



Conditions of Life. Nature and Sources of Substances supplied to the Body. Annual Quantities 

 required. Table of Physiological Standards. Animals do not create, but transform Substan- 

 ces. Properties and Quantities of Matters received by the System. Properties and Quantities 

 of those it restores. Heat of the Body arises from Combustion. Cooling Agencies in an An- 

 imal. Necessity of Repairs in the System. Physical Aspect of Man. The Soul. The Vital 

 Principle. Importance of Physical Science to Physiology Page 9 



CHAPTER U. 

 OP FOOD. 



The natural Subdivisions of Physiology. Of Food: its Sources and Classification its Value not 

 altogether dependent on its Composition. Of Milk: its Composition, and Use of its Water, 

 Casein, Sugar, Butter, and Salts. Variations in the Composition of Milk. Of Bread. Of 

 mixed Diets. Of the embryonic Food of Birds. Nutrition of carnivorous and herbivorous 

 Animals. Food formed by Plants and destroyed by Animals. Uses of mixed Food and Cook- 

 ing. Absolute Amount of Food 26 



CHAPTER III. 



OF DIGESTION. 

 TISSUE-MAKING OR HISTOGENETIC DIGESTION. 



Nature of Digestion. The Mouth, Teeth, Stomach. The Salivary Glands. Different Kinds of 

 Saliva. Properties of mixed Saliva : its Quantity, Composition, and Functions. Relation of 

 the Salivary Glands and Kidneys. The digestive Tract. The Stomach. Gastric Juice. 

 Organs for its Preparation. Manner of producing Chyme. Influence of the Nerves. Artifi- 

 cial Digestion. Preparation and Properties of Pepsin. Regional and functional Divisions of 

 the Stomach in Animals and in Man. Object of Stomach Digestion. Peptones. Use of Salt. 

 Digestibility of various Articles of Food 40 



CHAPTER IV. 



OF CALORIFACIENT OR INTESTINAL DIGESTION. 



Nature of Intestinal Digestion. Structure of the Intestine. Digestive Fluids of the Intestine. 

 The Pancreatic Juice. The Enteric Juice. Juice of Lieberkuhn. Secretion of Peyer's 

 . Glands. Bile. Digestion of the Carbohydrates and Hydrocarbons. Properties and Varie- 

 ties of Lactic Acid. Doctrine of the Effects of Acidity and Alkalinity of the Digestive Juices. 

 Illustration of Intestinal Digestion from the making of Wine. Making of Bread. Influence 

 of Heat over Ferments. Comparison of Gastric and Intestinal Digestion. Changes of the In- 

 testinal Contents. The Fcecal Residues 67 



