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CONTENTS 



CHAPTER X 

 THE PHYSIOLOGY OF DIGESTION 



SECTION 



CHANGES UNDERGONE BY THE FOOD-STUFFS IN THE ALIMENTARY CANAL 



I. DIGESTION IN THE MOUTH 661 



II. THE PASSAGE OF FOOD FROM THE MOUTH TO THE STOMACH 676 



III. DIGESTION IN THE STOMACH 683 



IV. THE MOVEMENTS OF THE STOMACH 697 

 V. THE PANCREATIC JUICE 702 



VI. THE LIVER AND BILE 713 



VII. THE INTESTINAL JUICE 718 



VIII. FUNCTIONS OF THE LARGE INTESTINE 722 



IX. MOVEMENTS OF THE INTESTINES 725 



X. THE ABSORPTION OF THE FOOD-STUFFS 733 



XL THEF2ECES 754 



CHAPTER XI 



THE HISTORY OF THE FOOD-STUFFS 

 I. PROTEIN METABOLISM 



II. NUCLEIN OR PURINE METABOLISM 



III. THE HISTORY OF FAT IN THE BODY 



IV. THE METABOLISM OF CARBOHYDRATES 



756 



774 

 783 

 796 



CHAPTER XII 

 THE BLOOD 



GENERAL CHARACTERS OF THE BLOOD 

 I. THE WHITE BLOOD-CORPUSCLES 

 II. THE RED BLOOD -CORPUSCLES 



III. THE BLOOD-PLATELETS 



IV. THE COAGULATION OF THE BLOOD 



V. THE QUANTITY AND COMPOSITION OF THE BLOOD IN MAN 



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 813 

 818 

 836 

 839 

 854 



CHAPTER XIII 



THE PHYSIOLOGY OF THE CIRCULATION 

 I. GENERAL FEATURES OF THE CIRCULATION 

 II. THE BLOOD-PRESSURE AT DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE VASCULAR CIRCUIT 



III. THE VELOCITY OF THE BLOOD AT DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE VASCULAR 



SYSTEM 



IV. THE MECHANISM OF THE HEART PUMP 



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 874 



886 

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