CONTENTS xiii 



SECTION VIII 



SUPPLY OF NOURISHING MATERIAL TO BLOOD AND LYMPH, AND 

 ELIMINATION OF WASTE MATTER FROM THEM 



PAGE 



KESPIRATION 277 



SECTION IX 



FOOD AND ITS DIGESTION AND UTILISATION 312 



Food 312 



Digestion 324 



Absorption 357 



Heat Production and Temperature Regulation . . . 360 



Hepatic Metabolism 366 



General Metabolism . . . . . . 371 



Dietetics . 376 



SECTION X 



INTERNAL SECRETIONS Toxic ACTION AND IMMUNITY . . 384 



SECTION XI 



EXCRETION 394 



RENAL EXCRETION 



Urine . . . . . . . .'"..-. . 394 



Kidneys .......... 403 



Renal Secretion 403 



CUTANEOUS EXCRETION 



Sweat Secretion 409 



Sebaceous Secretion 410 



Milk Secretion 410 



PART III 



SECTION XII 

 REPRODUCTION 413 



APPENDIX 421 



INDEX 429 



