CONTENTS 



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INTRODUCTION 1 



PART I 

 SECTION I 



PROTOPLASM 



SECTION II 



THE CELL 14 



SECTION III 



THE TISSUES 22 



A. THE VEGETATIVE TISSUES .22 



Epithelium 



1. Squamous Epithelium 22 



2. Columnar Epithelium 23 



3. Glandular Epithelium 25 



4. Ciliated Epithelium 27 



Connective Tissues 



1. Mucoid Tissue 27 



2. Fibrous Tissue 28 



3. Cartilage 33 



4. Bone 34 



B. THE MASTER TISSUES MUSCLE AND NERVE ... 38 



Muscle 



1. Physical and Chemical Characters of Muscle at rest . 39 



2. The Methods of making Muscle Contract ... 45 



3. The Changes in Muscle during Contraction ... 51 



4. The Chemical Changes in Muscle and the Source of the 



Energy evolved 67 



5. Death of Muscle 74 



Nerve 75 



The Neuro- Muscular Mechanism 88 



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