CONTENTS. 



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I. INTRODUCTION 17 



By W. H. HOWELL. 



II. GENERAL PHYSIOLOGY OF MUSCLE AND NERVE .... 32 



By WARREN P. LOMBARD. 



III. SECRETION 152 



By W. H. HOWELL. 



IV. CHEMISTRY OF DIGESTION AND NUTRITION 213 



By W. H. HOWELL. 



V. MOVEMENTS OF THE ALIMENTARY CANAL, BLADDER, 



AND URETER . 307 



By W. H. HOWELL. 



VI. BLOOD AND LYMPH 331 



By W. H. HOWELL. 



VII. CIRCULATION 368 



PART I. THE MECHANICS OP THE CIRCULATION OF THE 



BLOOD AND OF THE MOVEMENT OF THE LYMPH 368 



By JOHN G. CURTIS. 



PART II. THE INNERVATION OF THE HEART 440 



PART III. THE NUTRITION OF THE HEART 471 



PART IV. THE INNERVATION OF THE BLOOD-VESSELS . . . 482 

 By W. T. PORTER. 



VIII. RESPIRATION 503 



By EDWARD T. REICHERT. 



IX. ANIMAL HEAT 575 



By EDWARD T. REICHERT. 



X. CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM 605 



By HENRY H. DONALDSON. 



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