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CONTENTS 



CHAPTER XXIII- contd. 



PAOB 



THE BLOOD VESSELS- ... 684 



THE PULSE WAVK 684 



THK PERIPHERAL RESISTANCE - 687 



Tin: Vm.i MI. >i TIIK I'.I.OOD - 11x7 



Tin: KK..I i. \TIUS in- HUMID SUPPLY 688 



Mrtli<i<l- of Investigation - - - 688 



Vaso-raotor Ncr\ > - - - 688 



Antidromic Dilatation - 690 



Vaso-motor Reflexes - 692 



The Depressor Nerve - - - 692 



Pressor Reflexes .... 697 



Depressor Reflexes- - - - 697 



THE REGULATION OF BLOOD SUPPLY 



Loveii Reflexes . - - - 698 

 Action of Strychnine and of Chloro- 



form l ill! I 

 Chemical Regulation of the Blood 



Flow 



Reaction to Changes of Pressure 

 Regulation of Supply to Organs 



THE COAGULATION OK THK BLOOD 



Si MMARY - - 



LITERATURE 



CHAPTER XXIV 



HORMONES, DRUGS, AND TOXINS 



Minuteness of Quantity .... 706 



Hormones 706 



Secretin .... 707 



Gastric Secretion 710 



Adrenaline - 710 



Suprarenal Cortex 713 



Carbon Dioxide - - - - - 713 



Reproductive Organs - - - 713 



'The Mammary Gland 718 



The Pituitary Body - - - 719 



The Thyroid Gland - - 719 



The Thymus - 719 



The Internal Secretion of the Pan- 

 creas 720 



Inter-relation of Internal Secretions - 721 



Hormones in Plants - - 723 



The Action of Drugs and of other Chemical 



Compounds 723 



BIBLIOGRAPHY - - 



(5<9 

 7" I 

 7' i'J 

 Tir- 

 TO;} 

 705 



The Action of Drugs and of other Chemical 



Compounds contd. 



Their Mode of Action - - - l - 2l\ 



Sympathomimetic Amines - - 7--'> 



Specificity - - - - - Tii'i 



Acetyl-Choline 727 



Strychnine - 727 



Nicotine .... 7-^7 



Atropine and Pilocarpine 7'_'7 



Hyoscine - - 72!S 



Veratrine - 72s 



Ergotoxine - 728 



Toxins and Antitoxins - 728 



Anaphylaxis - 729 



Chemical Protection - - 732 



Phagocytosis and Opsonins 732 



Summary - - 733 



Literature 734 



- 735 



INDEX TO TEXT 

 INDEX TO FIGURES - 



- 817 

 841 



