CONTENTS xiii 



CHAPTER XII 

 THE BLOOD 



SECTION PAGE 



GENERAL CHARACTERS OF THE BLOOD .... . 853 



I. THE WHITE BLOOD CORPUSCLES . . . . . . 856 



II. THE RED BLOOD CORPUSCLES 861 



III. THE BLOOD PLATELETS 879 



IV. THE COAGULATION OF THE BLOOD . . . . 882 

 V. THE QUANTITY AND COMPOSITION OF THE BLOOD IN MAN . 897 



CHAPTER XIII 

 THE PHYSIOLOGY OF THE CIRCULATION 



I. GENERAL FEATURES OF THE CIRCULATION .... 913 



II. THE BLOOD PRESSURE AT DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE VASCULAR 



CIRCUIT 919 



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



VASCULAR SYSTEM 931 



IV. THE MECHANISM OF THE HEART PUMP . . . 935 

 V. THE FLOW OF BLOOD THROUGH THE ARTERIES . . . 962 



VI. THE FLOW OF BLOOD IN THE VEINS 976 



VII. THE PULMONARY CIRCULATION . . . . .979 



VIII. THE CAUSATION OF THE HEART BEAT . . . . 982 



IX. THE NERVOUS REGULATION OF THE HEART .... 1012 



X. THE NERVOUS CONTROL OF THE BLOOD VESSELS . . . 1025 



XI. THE CIRCULATORY CHANGES DURING MUSCULAR EXERCISE . 1051 



XII. THE INFLUENCE ON THE CIRCULATION OF VARIATIONS IN THE 



TOTAL QUANTITY OF BLOOD' 1058 



CHAPTER XIV 

 LYMPH AND TISSUE FLUIDS . , . . . . 1061 



CHAPTER XV 



THE DEFENCE OF THE ORGANISM AGAINST -INFECTION 

 I. THE CELLULAR MECHANISMS OF DEFENCE .... 1070 

 II. THE CHEMICAL MECHANISMS OF DEFENCE . . . . 1079 



CHAPTER X.VI 

 RESPIRATION 



I. THE MECHANICS OF THE RESPIRATORY MOVEMENTS . . 1088 



II. THE CHEMISTRY OF RESPIRATION . . . . . 1100 



III. THE REGULATION OF THE RESPIRATORY MOVEMENTS . .1126 



IV. THE EFFECTS ON RESPIRATION OF CHANGES IN THE AIR 



BREATHED 1148 



V. THE MECHANISMS OF OXIDATION IN THE TISSUES . 1155 



