TABLE OF CONTENTS 

 PART I ' 



THE VITAL PROCESSES 



CHAPTER PAGE 



I. INTRODUCTION i 



II. GENERAL VIEW OF THE BODY 4 



III. THE BODY ORGANIZATION 13 



IV. THE BLOOD 24 



V. THE CIRCULATION . 40 



VI. THE LYMPH AND ITS MOVEMENT THROUGH THE BODY 65 



VII. RESPIRATION 76 



VIII. PASSAGE OF OXYGEN THROUGH THE BODY . . . 104 



IX. FOODS AND THE THEORY OF DIGESTION . . . I 17 



X. ORGANS AND PROCESSES OF DIGESTION . . .138 



XL ABSORPTION, STORAGE, AND ASSIMILATION . . .173 



XII. ENERGY SUPPLY OF THE BODY 186 



XIII. GLANDS AND THE WORK OF EXCRETION . . . 197 

 SUMMARY OF PART I . . . . . .'.... 215 



PART II 



MOTION, COORDINATION, AND SENSATION 



XIV. THE SKELETON 216 



XV. THE MUSCULAR SYSTEM 243 



XVI. THE SKIN 264 



